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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
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on July 24, 2011 an appearance on Channel 6:
"There's no money in Social Security."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 4, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 31, 2011 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"The average Republican voter thinks there should be some revenue as part of this deal."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 31, 2011 remarks from the White House:
The debt ceiling deal will result in "the lowest level of annual domestic spending since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 29, 2011 an e-mail:
"If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Martha M. Hamilton • August 2, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 1, 2011 a message on Twitter:
"There are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. Period."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 2, 2011
Alliance for Retired Americans
Alliance for Retired Americans
stated on July 12, 2011 an email blast:
"Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2011
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on July 14, 2011 a letter.:
(Rep. Bob Goodlatte's) balanced budget amendment does not require a balanced budget.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • August 1, 2011
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 25, 2011 a television interview:
"The federal government is spending 25 percent of our entire economy versus 100 years ago we spent only 2 percent."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 31, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on July 27, 2011 an interview on CNN:
"This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 29, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 26, 2011 a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":
Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on July 26, 2011 a TV interview.:
"Harry Reid’s plan is basically giving the president a blank check."
False
By Warren Fiske • July 29, 2011
Judson Phillips
Judson Phillips
stated on July 27, 2011 a "Washington Post" opinion piece:
"Our government has spent $2.6 million to teach Chinese prostitutes how to drink responsibly."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 29, 2011
We Are Wisconsin
We Are Wisconsin
stated on July 15, 2011 a news release:
Says Republican state Sen. Alberta Darling offered "unqualified support" for a plan to end Medicare
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 29, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2011 a news release:
Says Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel "supports allowing the United States to default on its obligations."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • July 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 25, 2011 a televised address:
"The deficit was on track to top $1 trillion the year I took office."
True
By Robert Farley • July 27, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 25, 2011 an interview on MSNBC:
"Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule."
True
By Stephen Koff • July 27, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 25, 2011 a televised speech:
The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 25, 2011 a televised address:
"President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times.  George W. Bush did it seven times."
True
By Robert Farley • July 26, 2011
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