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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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