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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 19, 2011 debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives:
"The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003."
Half-True
By Therese Bottomly • July 25, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 19, 2011 a campaign video.:
"This past (legislative) session, we passed out of the Legislature a resolution requiring Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (U.S.) Constitution."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2011 an interview on NPR:
Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Richard Codey
Richard Codey
stated on July 13, 2011 an interview on Hannity on Fox News:
"Every president has raised the debt ceiling."  
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 21, 2011
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on July 29, 2011 a report:
"Dubious taxpayer-funded" stimulus spending -- Part II.
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Salit • July 21, 2011
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on July 5, 2011 an online news story:
On opposition to earmarks
No Flip
By Tom Feran • July 20, 2011
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
stated on June 24, 2011 a news release:
Says that, unlike the U.S. Senate, "even the Libyan government, in the middle of a civil war, passed a budget on June 15, 2011"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2011
Josh Treviño
Josh Treviño
stated on July 13, 2011 a TV appearance.:
Says recent polls show Americans agree with Republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 16, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 a press conference:
"The clear majority of Republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 a press conference:
"Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 6, 2011 a radio interview:
Says the U.S. borrows "42 cents of every dollar Washington spends today and about half of that comes from countries like China."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on July 14, 2011 a television ad:
"Our country's got this huge debt, and (President Barack) Obama says raise taxes and keep spending more."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2011 an interview with CBS News:
Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on June 27, 2011 a news release:
Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is responsible for "over $14 trillion in debt."
False
By Mark Naymik • July 11, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 27, 2011 a roundtable with small business leaders in Salem, N.H.:
By the end of his first term, President Obama will have added as much debt as all the prior 43 presidents combined.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • July 10, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 press releases:
U.S. Reps. John Barrow and Sanford Bishop and their fellow Democrats "went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 5, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 27, 2011 an interview with The Wall Street Journal.:
"If you look at our tax mix, the share of corporate revenues as a percentage of our overall revenue mix has declined by about half over the last 30 years."
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • July 2, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on June 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Creeping defense commitments in (the Middle East) and globally now consume over half the U.S. discretionary budget annually."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 1, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on June 1, 2011 a House committee hearing:
"Only seven of 18 federal food assistance programs have been associated with positive health and nutrition outcomes, while the remaining 11 have not been effective."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • June 30, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview on Fox News:
"For every dollar we invest in Head Start, we get $5 to $7 back into our economy."
Mostly True
By James Ewinger • June 29, 2011
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