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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 27, 2017 an event in West Palm Beach
"We have signed more legislation than anybody. We broke the record of Harry Truman."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 29, 2017
Jenna Fischer
Jenna Fischer
stated on December 23, 2017 a tweet
After enactment of the Republican tax bill, "school teachers can no longer deduct the cost of their classroom supplies on their taxes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 27, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on December 21, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
In April, "the vast majority will be (filling out their taxes) on a single postcard."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2017
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on December 10, 2017 a television interview
The House tax bill has "a lot more permanent relief for middle-income and even lower-income families" than the Senate bill does.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 8, 2017 a statement released by her office
"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working families."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2017 a rally in Pensacola, Fla.
"Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2017
Gregg Jarrett
Gregg Jarrett
stated on December 6, 2017 an interview on "Hannity"
"The FBI has become America's secret police …  like the old KGB."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 a cabinet meeting
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 remarks at the White House
The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.
Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.
"For years, they have not been able to get tax cuts -- many, many years, since Reagan."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo
In the House Republican bill, "70 percent of the tax relief goes to those families making less than 200,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"If you don't pay income taxes ... you'll have more money" under the Republican tax plan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 20, 2017 an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group
Under the Republican tax bill, President Donald Trump "and his family would walk off with more than a billion dollars personally."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2017
John Larson
John Larson
stated on November 10, 2017 a House Ways and Means Committee markup
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee weren’t "even entitled to bring an expert witness on any aspect of the tax code that affects 100 percent of our economy."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2017
Steve Mnuchin
Steve Mnuchin
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"On the personal tax side, middle-income people are getting cuts and rich people are getting very little cuts or, in certain cases, increases" under the Republican tax bills.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 14, 2017 a tweet
Congressional Republicans "want to take health care from millions of Americans in order to pay for" a tax bill.
Half-True
By Dan Clark, Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2017
Amanda Carpenter
Amanda Carpenter
stated on November 13, 2017 a CNN roundtable
"There are ‘sore loser’ laws that would bar Luther Strange from pursuing a seat" because he already lost the Alabama Republican Senate runoff to Roy Moore.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on November 12, 2017 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
The Republican tax bill is "not being scored by the Congressional Budget Office, as it is traditionally."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2017
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on November 7, 2017 an ad
Says the Republican tax plan "helps families" like one in which a woman lost her job and then lost her life savings fighting her husband’s cancer.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2017
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