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Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on June 10, 2011 an interview WKXL-AM.
Says President Barack Obama promised he would cut the deficit in half, but instead will at least double it.
Mostly False
By Gregory Trotter • June 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM
Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 24, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on June 22, 2011 an interview on "Morning Joe."
The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 a blog post.
On subsidies for ethanol production.
Full Flop
By Jacob Geiger • June 22, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 19, 2011 a news release
"The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days ... Senate Democrats have neglected one of their most basic responsibilities."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • June 16, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 5, 2011 a debate in South Carolina
The Medicare drug program "resulted in the program coming in 40 percent under budget. ... And the reason it was, is because the design was right." 
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 13, 2011 a debate in New Hampshire
Then-Sen. Barack Obama "refused to raise the debt ceiling because he said President Bush had failed in leadership."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on June 2, 2011 an interview
"China owns about 29% of (the U.S.) debt."
False
By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on June 13, 2011 a debate in New Hampshire
"There was a recent report out that the premiums for Medicare and the payroll withholdings are only paying about half the program. So it is not financially solvent."
Mostly True
June 14, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on May 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
The average person "will pay $6,000 more a year" under Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal.
True
By Sabrina Eaton • June 13, 2011
Robert Hurt
Robert Hurt
stated on June 3, 2011 an e-mail newsletter.
Non-defense discretionary spending has increased "by over 80 percent in the last two years."
False
By Jacob Geiger • June 10, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on June 3, 2011 a newsletter.
"The (national) debt really added up $75 trillion in 2010 and is on track to hit $99 trillion this year."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 9, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 an e-mail.
"Rep. Robert Hurt voted again today to end Medicare and raise health care costs for Virginia seniors."
False
By Jacob Geiger • June 9, 2011
Elijah Cummings
Elijah Cummings
stated on May 24, 2011 a congressional subcommittee hearing
The budget for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "is only about 1 percent of the amount banks generate just from late fees and overdraft fees."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 a news release
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., "and his fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out"
Mostly False
June 6, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on June 3, 2011 a robo-call
Democratic Reps. Cicilline, Boswell, Carnahan and Critz "demanded that Congress vote to increase the nation’s debt limit without making any spending cuts."
Mostly False
June 3, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 an e-mail.
"Gerry Connolly and his fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger, Stephen Koff • June 2, 2011
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on June 1, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown"
"We went from a $5.6 trillion surplus that George Bush inherited to over ... $11-plus trillion debt when George Bush left office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren
"Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
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