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Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on June 20, 2012 in in a news release :
"Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."
True
By Charles Pope • June 29, 2012
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on May 14, 2012 in an interview.:
President Obama budget request for veterans is "more than double the amount in constant dollars appropriated in 1980, when the veterans population was larger by a third."
True
By Sean Gorman • June 4, 2012
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
stated on May 18, 2012 in remarks to reporters:
"The Republican from Georgia [U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston], he hasn’t even been to a NASCAR race."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 30, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on May 15, 2012 in a campaign website:
"Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."
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By Tom Mooney • May 23, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address:
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
True
By Tom Feran • April 26, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 16, 2012 in a column in Politico:
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
True
By Tom Feran • April 23, 2012
Frank Wolf
Frank Wolf
stated on March 28, 2012 in a floor speech.:
Says the Congressional Budget Office has estimated "every penny of the federal budget will go to interest on the debt and entitlement spending by 2025."
True
By Sean Gorman • April 23, 2012
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 20, 2012 in a press release:
"The federal government owns tens of thousands of properties that are vacant or underused."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 20, 2012
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on April 13, 2012 in his congressional website:
Says the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit. In fact,  the Pentagon is exempt from a federal law that requires all federal agencies to complete annual audits.
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By Charles Pope • April 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 in remarks to the Newspaper Association of America:
"Republicans in Congress refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 5, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on March 4, 2012 in an interview on "Political Connections":
Says Barack Obama "promised he would cut the deficit in half" but didn’t.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 8, 2012
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on February 2, 2012 in congressional website :
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
True
By Charles Pope • February 3, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate:
"I was one of about a dozen (senators) who voted against the Bridge to Nowhere."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 27, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 in 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
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on November 16, 2011 in 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."
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By Erin O'Neill • November 21, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech:
"The American healthcare system burns 18 percent of our national GDP. Nobody else is close."
True
By Lynn Arditi • November 20, 2011
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
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