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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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