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Latest Fact-Checks By Becky Bowers

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney suggested that "employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage."
True
By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 a TV ad
"This is what President Obama said the jobless rate would be if we passed the stimulus: 5.6 percent."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 25, 2012 a Web ad
"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."
False
By Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver
"Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on September 17, 2012 a mailer
Says Mitt Romney’s investments created zero jobs.
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • October 1, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper advertisement
"Barack Hussein Obama will … force doctors to assist homosexuals in buying surrogate babies."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper ad
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force local authorities to allow Occupy protesters to live in parks."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 26, 2012
Secure America Now
Secure America Now
stated on September 12, 2012 a TV ad
Says Obama adviser David Plouffe took "large piles of cash" from a joint venture partner of a company owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 13, 2012 in a TV ad
 "Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 a private campaign fundraiser
"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 10, 2012 a Facebook post
Says that under Mitt Romney, 89 million Americans could be denied coverage if they have a pre-existing condition.
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan attacked the president for "the same amount of Medicare savings that (Ryan) had in his own budget."
True
By Becky Bowers • September 6, 2012
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on September 4, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"Republicans would give seniors a (Medicare) voucher that limits what's covered, costing seniors as much as $6,400 more a year."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
At Bain Capital, "we helped start an early childhood learning company called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised."
True
By Becky Bowers • August 31, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2012 a Fox News interview
"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."
False
By Becky Bowers • August 29, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 26, 2012 a TV interview
Mitt Romney "gave away his father's inheritance."
True
By Becky Bowers • August 27, 2012
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