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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 1, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 28, 2011 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2011
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on October 26, 2011 in a hearing of the congressional "Supercommittee":
The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
stated on October 23, 2011 in congressional testimony:
"After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 9, 2011 in a television interview:
Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 20, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics:
Says Republicans want to cut education by 25 percent.
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • October 17, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate:
"Our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in."
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:
In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview on "The Daily Show":
Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2011
Save America's Postal Service
Save America's Postal Service
stated on September 29, 2011 in a television ad:
The Postal Service’s financial losses result from "a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue, while the Postal Service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Says President Barack Obama failed "to stand up for the bipartisan debt solutions of the Simpson-Bowles Commission."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • September 29, 2011
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on September 16, 2011 in a television interview:
The federal government is spending $46,000 a year per family (or group of four) and could balance its budget by dropping that to $30,000.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2011
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on September 16, 2011 in an opinion article:
Says "as a share of the US economy, the government’s support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 26, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 19, 2011 in a news release:
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is backing President Barack Obama’s plan to pass a $1.5 trillion tax increase.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.:
"We're bankrupt."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 16, 2011 in answer to questions.:
Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:
The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN/Tea Party Express debate in Tampa:
"We know that President Obama stole over $500 billion out of Medicare to switch it over to Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
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