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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 a television ad:
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
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By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Manchester, N.H.:
"We got back every dime used to rescue the banks."
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By Jake Berry • October 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney "just gave a speech a few weeks ago" and said "we should still have troops in Iraq."
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By Katie Sanders • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall debate:
"George Bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood."
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By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney refused to say whether he'd sign the Lilly Ledbetter bill.
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By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate:
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
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By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2012 a television ad:
Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."
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By Molly Moorhead • October 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 13, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a convention speech:
Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.
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By Molly Moorhead • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 21, 2012 a campaign email to New Hampshire press Aug. 21:
Says under the Romney-Ryan budget ... "the American Opportunity Tax Credit for college tuition would be eliminated."
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By Maryalice Gill • August 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 18, 2012 a speech at Windham High School in New Hampshire:
"His new running mate, Congressman Ryan, put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1 percent in taxes each year."
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By Jake Berry • August 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2012 a news release:
Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."
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By Stephen Koff • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 15, 2012 remarks at a campaign event:
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan "want to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2012 a TV ad:
Mitt Romney is proposing a tax plan "that would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year."
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By Molly Moorhead • August 3, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 23, 2012 an advertisement:
"Gov. Romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a speech:
The federal government has made investments in science and technology inventing the products that led to the creation of Google.
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By Eric Stirgus • July 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 14, 2012 a campaign speech:
"Over the last few decades, the income of the top 1 percent grew by more than 275 percent -- to an average of $1.3 million a year."
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By Henry J. Gomez • June 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 22, 2012 a speech in Orlando:
The DREAM Act "was written by members of both parties. When it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, Republicans in Congress blocked it. The bill hadn’t changed. ... The only thing that had changed was politics."
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By Molly Moorhead • June 26, 2012
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