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Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 30, 2009 a statement on his show on Fox News Channel
Less than 10 percent of Obama's Cabinet appointees "have any experience in the private sector."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 24, 2009 a widely circulated e-mail
"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year."  
False
By Catharine Richert • November 27, 2009
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 25, 2009 his campaign Web site
"I have never voted for a tax increase."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 25, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 19, 2009 the House GOP Web site
Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."
False
By Catharine Richert • November 21, 2009
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on November 17, 2009 MSNBC's 'Morning Meeting With Dylan Ratigan'
In the House health care bill, "Something like 2 percent of the people would [be] eligible even to get the public option."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, Going Rogue
"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, 'Going Rogue'
The McCain campaign "did not elaborate" on Obama's ties to ACORN.
False
By Robert Farley • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 her book, Going Rogue
Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."
False
By Robert Farley • November 16, 2009
C.W. Bill Young
C.W. Bill Young
stated on November 9, 2009 a meeting of Florida Republicans
Claims that Obama said, "For those who oppose our policies, you should just shut up and go away."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 11, 2009
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 25, 2009 speaking to a group of Michigan Republicans
"I signed the largest single tax cut in the history of Florida, a $25 billion tax cut over five years, directed at property tax cuts."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 2, 2009 a Webcast
"Mitt Romney ... gave you government health care that is now bankrupting the state" of Massachusetts.
False
By Catharine Richert • November 10, 2009
Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
stated on November 7, 2009 a speech on the House floor
An amendment to the House health reform bill "puts new restrictions on women's access to abortion coverage in the private health insurance market even when they would pay premiums with their own money."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 9, 2009
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on November 5, 2009 a TV ad
The Republicans' alternative health care plan "will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages."
False
By Robert Farley • November 5, 2009
House Republican Conference
House Republican Conference
stated on October 29, 2009 a news release
Health care reform "establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the 'Health Benefits Advisory Committee') to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2009
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on October 27, 2009 a speech on the House floor
Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2009
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on October 27, 2009 a speech on the House floor.
"One-third of the health care dollar goes to no such thing as health care; it goes to the insurance companies."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 30, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 26, 2009 a statement on his Web site
"Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn't the answer, but that's exactly what the Democrats' plan would do."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 28, 2009
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 23, 2009 a comment on the O'Reilly Factor
When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was "one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2009
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on October 22, 2009 CNN's Situation Room program
"For the last decade the climate has been cooling."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 27, 2009
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 22, 2009 "The Rachel Maddow" show
"President Bush never did one interview with the New York Times during his entire presidency."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 27, 2009
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