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Joe Scarborough
stated on April 7, 2009 in a discussion on MSNBC:

President Obama has never received a paycheck from a profitmaking business in his entire life.

By Alexander Lane • April 15, 2009

Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 8, 2009 in a radio broadcast:

"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty."

By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009

Rachel Maddow
stated on April 6, 2009 in an episode of her MSNBC show:

Gov. Sarah Palin "got precisely zero support for her call for Alaska's Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens' corruption conviction was overturned."

By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009

Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 6, 2009 in an appearance on MSNBC.:

"There are no similar clips of Newt Gingrich talking about how ineffective President Bush was in trying to control North Korea."

By Bill Adair • April 7, 2009

Chain email
stated on April 2, 2009 in a chain e-mail.:

Claims that former Sen. Tom Daschle said, "Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them."

By Robert Farley • April 3, 2009

Cato Institute
stated on April 1, 2009 in a political advertisement.:

"There has been no net global warming for over a decade now."

By Robert Farley • April 1, 2009

Michele Bachmann
stated on March 25, 2009 in a press release.:

"Secretary Geithner has left the option on the table" of abandoning the dollar for a multinational currency.

By Alexander Lane • April 1, 2009

House Republican Conference
stated on March 23, 2009 in a blog post.:

Obama nominee Dawn Johnsen "called motherhood 'involuntary servitude.'"

By Alexander Lane • March 24, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on March 10, 2009 in a speech on education:

"In eighth grade math, we’ve fallen to ninth place."

By Alexander Lane • March 13, 2009

Charles Schumer
stated on March 8, 2009 in a TV interview:

"No Bridge to Nowhere could occur."

By Robert Farley • March 12, 2009

Peter Orszag
stated on March 8, 2009 in a TV interview.:

"Look, the earmarks have come down significantly, 75 percent."

By Robert Farley • March 11, 2009

Tom Coburn
stated on March 4, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.:

"Under the Obama plan . . . all the health care in this country is eventually going to be run by the government."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 5, 2009

Mitch McConnell
stated on February 27, 2009 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:

"In just one month, the Democrats have spent more than President Bush spent in seven years on the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and Hurricane Katrina combined."

By Alexander Lane • March 3, 2009

Democratic congressional leadership
stated on March 2, 2009 in statements to reporters.:

The omnibus bill has only $3.8 billion in earmarks.

By Bill Adair • March 2, 2009

John McCain
stated on February 27, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor.:

"The president's plan, even after the end of its withdrawal timeline is reached, will leave in place up to 50,000 U.S. troops."

By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009

Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:

Says former Clinton budget director Alice Rivlin said the stimulus bill "won't actually stimulate the economy."

By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009

Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:

"The Congressional Budget Office has found that (the stimulus) bill will lead to a real 0.1 to 0.3 percent reduction in gross domestic product by 2019."

By Bill Adair • February 23, 2009

Mike Pence
stated on February 12, 2009 in a statement on Fox News Channel.:

The stimulus has "$30 million in there to protect mice in San Francisco."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 13, 2009

Jim DeMint
stated on February 5, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor.:

There is a provision in the economic stimulus plan that means that "students cannot meet together in their dorms, if that dorm has been repaired with this federal money, and have a prayer group or a Bible study."

By Robert Farley • February 13, 2009

Robert Gibbs
stated on February 2, 2009 in a comment at the daily White House press briefing.:

"There are no earmarks" in the stimulus bill.

By Bill Adair • February 4, 2009

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