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Latest Fact-Checks On Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 2, 2014 a speech
After the 2012 redistricting, Wisconsin has competitive congressional districts.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 1, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 2, 2014 a speech
"Miller Brewing is not a U.S. company any more. Neither is Anheuser-Busch."
True
By James B. Nelson • September 8, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview
Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."  
False
July 30, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech
All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."  
Mostly True
June 19, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2014 remarks at a forum
Medicare is "going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."
Mostly False
June 5, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2014 a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff
"Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 19, 2013 an interview
Members of the military don’t "contribute toward their pension."
True
January 12, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 10, 2013 a press conference
The Murray-Ryan deal "is the first divided-government budget agreement since 1986."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • December 19, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 11, 2013 a press release
On responding to chemical weapon use in Syria
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 11, 2013 a speech
Says Abraham Lincoln supported an agreement that allowed slavery in New Mexico "and a law to return runaway slaves to their owners."
Half-True
April 21, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 15, 2013 a speech at CPAC
"Our debt is already bigger than our economy."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 15, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2013 an interview
The fiscal cliff agreement was "the largest tax increase in history."  
False
March 15, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 22, 2013 interviews
On his definition of "takers" and "makers"
Full Flop
By Dave Umhoefer • February 13, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 27, 2013 an interview
"We’re taxing our small businesses now at rates higher than corporations."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 7, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 a speech
"Over $1 trillion" was spent on anti-poverty programs in 2011, enough to "give every single poor American a check for $22,000."
Half-True
December 30, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 a speech
"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."
Mostly True
December 23, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
Says six studies verify that the math adds up for Mitt Romney’s tax plan.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations."
Mostly False
By J.B. Wogan • October 12, 2012
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