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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2008 in the campaign's energy plan.:
The U.S. government spends less on energy innovation "than the pet food industry invests in its own products."
False
By Shawn Zeller • July 11, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 6, 2008 in a TV ad.:
Says Obama opposes lower gas taxes, nuclear power, new offshore drilling and doesn't have "new solutions" to the energy crisis.
Half-True
By Bill Adair • July 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 25, 2008 in a Web ad.:
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
True
By Bill Adair • June 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 25, 2008 in a Web ad:
Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • June 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 18, 2008 in Springfield, Mo.:
"I've always said it's (offshore drilling) up to the states and I still say that."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • June 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 in 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 17, 2008 in 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 in 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2008 in a Q&A in Cape Girardeau, Mo.:
A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • May 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas.:
"We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in in a television ad:
"Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in a television interview:
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2008 in Indianapolis:
"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 2, 2008 in a speech at a Democratic Party dinner:
There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 4, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.:
"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 5, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 24, 2008 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.:
McCain says the price of a gas tax "holiday" would be about the same as "a Bridge to Nowhere (or) another pork barrel project."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • April 30, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on April 24, 2008 in a Web video.:
Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • April 24, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania.:
"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies."
True
By Bill Adair • April 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania.:
"Obama voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • April 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 in in a television ad:
Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
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