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Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 a press conference:

"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."

False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 28, 2012

Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech:

Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson said he wants to "do away with Medicare."

Half-True

By Dave Umhoefer • June 28, 2012

Jim Renacci
stated on June 12, 2012 an online blog post:

Obama has "racked up more debt than any president in history — over $5 trillion."

Half-True

By Tom Feran • June 27, 2012

stated on June 12, 2012 an interview:

Since President Barack Obama took office, "you have 1,700 employees just at the Department of Transportation" earning over $170,000.

False

By Tom Kertscher • June 21, 2012

Reince Priebus
stated on June 5, 2012 an interview:

Says President Barack Obama wants to raise "the lowest (income) tax rate from 10 to 15 percent."

False

By Tom Kertscher • June 17, 2012

Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 30, 2012 a memo to the media:

Says "Tommy Thompson's tax plan amounts to an average tax cut of almost $87,000 for the top 1 percent."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • June 10, 2012

Lamar Alexander
stated on May 7, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor.:

Says "we are overcharging students . . . to help pay for the health care law."

Half-True

By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 10, 2012

Bill Clinton
stated on June 2, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:

"It took us four years to balance the budget. Then I gave you four surplus budgets for the first time in more than 70 years, paid $600 billion down on the national debt."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • June 8, 2012

Jim Webb
stated on May 14, 2012 an interview.:

President Obama budget request for veterans is "more than double the amount in constant dollars appropriated in 1980, when the veterans population was larger by a third."

True

By Sean Gorman • June 4, 2012

Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 8, 2012 an email to the news media:

Says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and ‘profits’ on the loans go to help pay for the health care law.

Mostly False

By Maryalice Gill • June 1, 2012

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
stated on May 18, 2012 remarks to reporters:

"The Republican from Georgia [U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston], he hasn’t even been to a NASCAR race."

True

By Willoughby Mariano • May 30, 2012

Cory Booker
stated on May 20, 2012 a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”:

Says under President Barack Obama there’s been "the lowest discretionary spending we’ve had in decades in the United States."

False

By Bill Wichert • May 28, 2012

Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on April 25, 2012 a blog post on the party’s web site on April 25, 2012:

Says U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher "breaks earmark pledge."

Mostly False

By Michael Collins • May 25, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website:

Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."

Mostly False

By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2012

Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2012 on the Internet:

Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history," because it's actually risen "slower than at any time in nearly 60 years."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2012

Brendan Doherty
stated on May 15, 2012 a campaign website:

"Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."

True

By Tom Mooney • May 23, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on May 16, 2012 a speech in St. Petersburg, Fla.:

National debt plus unfunded liabilities adds up to $520,000 per American household.

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2011 statements to the media:

On President Barack Obama’s stimulus

Half Flip

By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012

Jamie Radtke
stated on April 5, 2012 a statement:

If Congress froze the current spending level and then cut it by 2 percent annually, "we could balance the budget in five years."

Mostly True

By Nancy Madsen • May 10, 2012

Loretta Weinberg
stated on April 30, 2012 an op-ed published on NorthJersey.com:

Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "would effectively double the interest paid out on existing and future student loans."

Mostly False

By Erin O'Neill • May 6, 2012

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