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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 20, 2011 a gas station advertisement
"Congressman Bill Young voted to cut taxes for millionaires and end your Medicare." 
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 30, 2011 remarks at a campaign fundraiser
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "eliminates Medicare" in 10 years.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2011
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
stated on August 30, 2011 an oped column.
Says Ron Paul insisted FEMA should be shut down.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 3, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 29, 2011 a TV interview.
On disaster aid offsets
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • September 2, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a campaign video on his website
Says the national debt and President Barack Obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2011 a Twitter post
"We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor."
Pants on Fire!
By M.B. Pell • August 29, 2011
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on August 1, 2011 a news release.
"The estimated savings of this (debt ceiling) deal only pay for half of the cost of extending all of the Bush-era tax cuts for another decade."
True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 29, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 10, 2011 a news release
U.S. debt is "now equal to 100 percent of the GDP."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 a news release
"Credit agency says Rep. Gibbs recklessly caused downgrade, higher interest rates."
False
By Tom Feran • August 15, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on August 1, 2011 a press release
Tax increases could "come into play" as a result of the debt ceiling deal.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 15, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 11, 2011 a debate in Ames, Iowa
When Standard & Poor's "dropped our credit rating, what they said is, we don't have an ability to repay our debt. ... I was proved right in my position" that the debt ceiling should not have been raised.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 11, 2011 the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa
Says that under President John F. Kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release
"President Obama and Democrats' spending addiction has driven our national debt to historic proportions, maxed out our national credit card and has now led to the Democrat Downgrade of our country's AAA credit rating."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 12, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on August 11, 2011 in a debate in Ames, Iowa
"The country's bankrupt." 
False
By Becky Bowers • August 12, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release
"George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • August 10, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on August 3, 2011 an interview with "The State" newspaper
The debt-ceiling bill "doesn’t cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on August 2, 2011 a press release
The deal to raise the federal debt limit created the "largest debt ceiling increase in America’s history."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 8, 2011
Buddy Roemer
Buddy Roemer
stated on July 20, 2011 candidate's forum in Bedford, N.H.
Says Obama has never submitted a budget, and Congress has worked for two years without passing one.
Half-True
By Gregory Trotter • August 5, 2011
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on July 24, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The government's twice the size it was 10 years ago. It's 30 percent bigger than it was when (Barack) Obama became president."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on July 25, 2011 an opinion column.
"As a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. This figure is low by all historical standards."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • August 5, 2011
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