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Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh
stated on April 17, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Every time we've cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on April 13, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today" show
"The top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on April 12, 2011 a blog post.
George Allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the No Child Left Behind Act while he was a senator.
True
By Jacob Geiger • April 15, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on April 10, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"The Republicans have demanded deep cuts in education. They've demanded cuts in cancer research and other research to find cures and treatments to diseases."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 30, 2011 an opinion article in the 'Wall Street Journal'
To pay for government growth, leaders of both parties "borrowed $4 billion a day, leaving us with today's $14 trillion debt."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • April 15, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 30, 2011 an interview
"When we lower tax rates, we generate more in revenues. That happened in '86 with the Reagan plan, happened in 2001, following the Bush plan."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech at George Washington University
"In the last decade, the average income of the bottom 90 percent of all working Americans actually declined. The top 1 percent saw their income rise by an average of more than a quarter of a million dollars each."
Half-True
April 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech
"By the end of this decade, the interest we owe on our debt could rise to nearly $1 trillion."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2011
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 10, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
A Republican proposal changes Medicare for those under age 55 so that they will  "participate in the same kind of health plan that members of Congress do."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 13, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech.
"Foreign aid makes up about 1 percent of our entire budget."
True
By Jacob Geiger • April 13, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 29, 2011 an announcement of an application for federal stimulus money for rail
On federal stimulus money for expanding rail service.
No Flip
By James B. Nelson • April 13, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 1, 2011 a speech before Congress
Says the federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2011
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on February 23, 2011 a discussion at a town hall meeting
"The benefits that were offered to me as a congressman don’t even compare to the benefits that you get as a state employee. I just experienced that myself. They’re not nearly as good."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 12, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 11, 2011 a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 12, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 11, 2011 a press release.
On the way the federal government should spend Florida's rejected high-speed rail money.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • April 11, 2011
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 6, 2011 an email blast to supporters
The newly proposed House Republican budget "abolishes Medicare within 10 years."
False
April 11, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 29, 2011 an op-ed
Says "an average of $4 billion is added to the national debt" every day.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 11, 2011
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on April 8, 2011 a Senate floor speech
Abortion services are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 5, 2011 a public statement
"We’ve introduced a bill that includes $12 billion in cuts over the next week."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2011
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie Stabenow
stated on March 1, 2011 a news release
A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
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