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Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore:
"What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats."
False
By Robert Farley • January 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address:
"We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."
False
By Catharine Richert • January 28, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 in a debate.:
"We have over 300 state agencies. Forty-five of those agencies are related to health care."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 25, 2010
Dick Armey
Dick Armey
stated on January 24, 2010 in an interview with NBC:
"Right now the Tea Party polls higher than the Republicans and the Democrats."
False
By Catharine Richert • January 25, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 17, 2010 in a fundraiser in Florida:
"As long as I have served . . . This is the first time every single solitary decision has required 60 senators."
False
By Catharine Richert • January 22, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 in in a Republican gubernatorial debate:
"The largest tax increase that we have ever had in our state is yours – it is the business margins tax that you signed, governor."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
The Democrats' health care bills would provide "free health care for illegal immigrants."
False
By Robert Farley • January 21, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
The House health care bill provides for "free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession."
False
By Robert Farley • January 21, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on November 19, 2009 in a TV ad:
Health care reform: "Everything about it is going to raise costs, raise taxes and lower the quality of health care."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 20, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 in a debate.:
Says Kay Bailey Hutchison voted for sanctuary cities.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2010
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on October 5, 2009 in news release:
Says Rick Perry's "Pay to Play" politics led him to send $899 million to an offshore call center in Bermuda, driving down enrollment in children's health insurance
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2009 in a press release:
Says approximately 70 percent of jobs created in the United States in November 2007-2008 were in Texas.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on December 2, 2009 in in a Web ad:
Says Bill White is for gay marriage.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 12, 2010
Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson
stated on December 22, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor:
A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska."
False
By Robert Farley • December 23, 2009
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on December 13, 2009 in a Senate floor speech:
"Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2009
James Inhofe
James Inhofe
stated on December 7, 2009 in CNN's 'The Situation Room':
The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked."
False
By Catharine Richert • December 12, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 8, 2009 in his radio show:
A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2009
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on December 7, 2009 in a radio interview:
"I'm predicting (the Saints) will go not only undefeated, but all the way through the Super Bowl -- something that's never been done before."
False
By Robert Farley • December 8, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on December 3, 2009 in his Fox News Channel show:
Labor union president Andy Stern is "the most frequent visitor" at the White House.
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 3, 2009 in comments at the White House:
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 7, 2009
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