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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2008 remarks to U.S. Conference of Mayors
John McCain "opposed legislation to fund levees and flood control programs, which he considers pork."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 16, 2008 Flint, Mich.
"These steps (a middle-class tax cut, national health care plan, foreclosure prevention fund, Social Security fix and more) are all paid for."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader
"You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."
True
By Will Van Sant • June 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2008 a television ad
Barack Obama "extended health care for wounded troops who'd been neglected."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2008 a speech at a Chicago church
"More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children."
True
By Stephanie Garry • June 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2008 a television ad
Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2008 a television ad
Barack Obama "cut taxes for working families."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 Houston, Texas
We are "borrowing Saudi money for Saudi oil" with the result being "dependency and debt."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 14, 2008 a virtual town hall meeting
"I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn't blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to."
True
By Robert Farley • June 20, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2008 Cape Girardeau, Mo.
We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia "to finance this war" in Iraq.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 Houston, Texas
"We must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."
False
By Robert Farley • June 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 a speech on energy in Houston
Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • June 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 a comment by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"George Bush, and a Republican Congress, have presided over a 55 percent increase in the size of domestic government spending in the last seven years."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 18, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on June 4, 2008 a news release
"Obama has maintained a friendship with a now convicted felon."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • June 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 a TV ad
"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
True
By Bill Adair • June 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2008 a campaign e-mail to reporters
"McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice."
Mostly True
By Shawn Zeller • June 17, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on June 4, 2008 a news release
"Did Obama know that Tony Rezko was saving him $300,000 on the purchase of his home?"
False
By Robert Farley • June 17, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on June 5, 2008 in a news release
Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.
False
By PolitiFact Staff • June 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 3, 2008 a speech in New Orleans
"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • June 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 11, 2008 a speech in Chicago, Ill.
John McCain opposed bankruptcy protections for families "who were only in bankruptcy because of medical expenses they couldn't pay."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 16, 2008
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