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Latest Fact-Checks By Robert Farley

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Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 21, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 his State of the Union address:
"Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 31, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 the GOP response to the State of the Union:
The health care law "is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union:
"The White House promised us that all the spending would keep unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 26, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 19, 2011 a bill introduced on the House floor.:
The health care law is "job killing."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • January 20, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on January 18, 2011 comments on the House floor:
Between 2000 and 2006,  "health insurance company profits quadrupled."  
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 19, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on January 18, 2011 comments on the House floor:
"Between the year 2000 and 2006, (insurance) premiums in this country doubled."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 19, 2011
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on January 12, 2011 a blog post:
The White House "branded" the memorial service for the Tucson shootings with a "Together We Thrive" logo and slogan.
False
By Robert Farley • January 13, 2011
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on January 2, 2011 CBS's "Face the Nation":
"We can save $125 billion in simply not giving out money to Medicare recipients that don't exist for procedures that didn't happen."
False
By Robert Farley • January 4, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 13, 2010 a Twitter message:
Under the compromise tax agreement, "99.7% of American families will not pay 1 nickel in an estate tax."
True
By Robert Farley • December 14, 2010
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on December 7, 2010 a radio interview:
The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • December 13, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on December 4, 2010 the Senate floor:
"The senior senator from Arizona (John McCain) said he couldn't support repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' because of the economy."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 6, 2010
RightMarch.com
RightMarch.com
stated on December 1, 2010 a chain e-mail:
The DREAM Act the "would give amnesty to over two million illegal aliens."
False
By Robert Farley • December 6, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on November 8, 2010 an interview on NPR:
"I have won more elections than any chairman since 1938."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 3, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on November 28, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 7, 2010 a "60 Minutes" interview:
"One of the interesting things about the Recovery Act was most of the projects came in under budget, faster than expected, because there's just not a lot of work there."
Half-True
By Michael Grabell, Robert Farley • November 10, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 3, 2010 a CNN interview:
"The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day."
False
By Robert Farley • November 4, 2010
Mike Prendergast
Mike Prendergast
stated on October 29, 2010 a campaign mailer:
"Congresswoman Kathy Castor voted to spend $2.6 million to teach prostitutes in China to drink responsibly."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • November 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2010 his weekly address:
"The Republican leader of the Senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • October 30, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on October 25, 2010 a TV ad:
Sen. Harry Reid voted "against declaring English our national language, twice."
True
By Robert Farley • October 29, 2010
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