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Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 30, 2012 a chain e-mail:
Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • May 4, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on April 24, 2012 a press release:
U.S. Rep. Allen West wants to bring back earmarks.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 2, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 24, 2012 a Twitter post:
"Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 1, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 an interview on State of the State:
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 28, 2012 a video address:
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
True
By Tom Feran • April 26, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 16, 2012 a column in Politico:
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
True
By Tom Feran • April 23, 2012
Frank Wolf
Frank Wolf
stated on March 28, 2012 a floor speech.:
Says the Congressional Budget Office has estimated "every penny of the federal budget will go to interest on the debt and entitlement spending by 2025."
True
By Sean Gorman • April 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 17, 2012 a graphic posted on his website:
"President Obama's suggested reduction in spending for next year: $0."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2012
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 20, 2012 a press release:
"The federal government owns tens of thousands of properties that are vacant or underused."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 20, 2012
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on March 28, 2012 a web video:
George Allen "voted for 40,000 earmarks."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • April 18, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign event.:
The "Buffett rule" "raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • April 15, 2012
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on April 13, 2012 his congressional website:
Says the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit. In fact,  the Pentagon is exempt from a federal law that requires all federal agencies to complete annual audits.
True
By Charles Pope • April 13, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 12, 2012 a television ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson voted to spend "$144,541 to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on April 5, 2012 a campaign email:
"Since President Obama took office, our federal spending has increased by nearly 30 percent and our national debt has increased by almost 50 percent."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 13, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 10, 2012 a congressional Web page:
President Barack Obama "has doubled the size of government since he took office."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America:
Under the House Republican budget, "if these cuts were to be spread out evenly … the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 a speech to newspaper editors:
Says Obama has failed to pass a budget.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to the Newspaper Association of America:
"Republicans in Congress refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 5, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 8, 2012 a press release:
The RESTORE Act started as an "effort to dedicate as much BP fine money as possible towards Gulf Coast restoration" but now "could steer money to places like the Great Lakes and West Coast."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2012
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