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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 5, 2011 the Texas Patriots PAC debate in The Woodlands, Texas
Says IBM leader told Obama that using IBM technology to cut fraud could "pay for" health care reform.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 9, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate.
The national debt increased $16,000 every second George Allen served in the U.S. Senate.
True
By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on October 24, 2011 an article on NOLA.com
"Last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. And Lord knows we need that. But that's more than we spent on Amtrak in its entire 40-year history." 
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 5, 2011
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
stated on November 18, 2011 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
Says military expenditures for the United States are greater than the combined spending of the next 14 largest nations.
True
By Tom Feran • December 5, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview
Says Barack Obama had "huge majorities" in Congress during his first two years in office and "did nothing with them to create jobs in America."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • December 4, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 an op-ed in the "New Hampshire Union Leader"
The balanced-budget amendment once came within one vote of passing Congress but was defeated because of the no vote from a top Senate Republican, and Rick Santorum says he "stood up and called for him to resign his chairmanship."
True
By John Gregg • December 2, 2011
Oregon Transformation Project
Oregon Transformation Project
stated on November 15, 2011 online post
Oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 2, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper column
"President Obama's recent plan to cut $100 million of waste within his administration won't actually save money because he's going to spend it elsewhere."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • December 1, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 27, 2011 a press release
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack "voted to raise his own pay several times."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 23, 2011
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on November 20, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on November 16, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 21, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech
"The American healthcare system burns 18 percent of our national GDP. Nobody else is close."
True
By Lynn Arditi • November 20, 2011
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on "Meet the Press"
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Public Notice
Public Notice
stated on November 14, 2011 a political ad
"41 cents out of every dollar (the U.S. spends) is borrowed from places like China."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on November 1, 2011 an MSNBC interview with Al Sharpton
"More than half of the people on food stamps today are children."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 14, 2011
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview
The federal "limousine fleet has increased by 42 percent since Barack Obama took office."
Mostly False
November 13, 2011
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on September 15, 2011 a letter to the the Postal Regulatory Commission chairwoman
"No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 11, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 1, 2011 a congressional hearing
"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
True
By Tom Feran • November 8, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 21, 2011 a TV interview
The EPA "wants to hire 230,000 new government regulators that will cost the taxpayer $21 billion."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 an op-ed in USA Today
Repealing the health care law "would save $95 billion in 2016."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2011
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