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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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George Will
George Will
stated on March 13, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
Federal spending is "all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same is true with Medicare and Medicaid."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on March 1, 2011 in an interview on C-SPAN:
"There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 15, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 6, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Secretly, unbeknownst to members of Congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the Obamacare legislation."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on February 22, 2011 in a news release:
In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, "Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing seniors to not get their benefits on time, halting claims processing, and forcing new retirees and disabled workers into a backlog."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • March 7, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 25, 2011 in his radio program:
Says Michelle Obama has 43 people on her staff; Nancy Reagan had just 3.
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 4, 2011
Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
stated on February 16, 2011 in press release, Rep. Betty McCollum:
Says the Army is spending $7 million to sponsor a NASCAR team.
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • March 3, 2011
Matt Miller
Matt Miller
stated on February 24, 2011 in a column in the Washington Post:
Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget "roadmap … doesn't balance the budget until the 2060s and … adds an unthinkable $62 trillion to the national debt between now and then."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on January 4, 2011 in a radio interview :
Says signs posted at projects funded by the federal stimulus act has cost "20 or 40 million" dollars.
Half-True
By Tom Feran • February 28, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on February 16, 2011 in a blog post:
"From 2003 to 2006, 'Sesame Street' made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales."
True
By Robert Farley • February 28, 2011
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on February 18, 2011 in a press release:
"The cost for renovating the headquarters of the U.N. has doubled from the original estimate."
True
By Laura Figueroa • February 28, 2011
Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on February 1, 2011 in a town hall meeting:
One half of federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while the other half goes to other programs funded with money "borrowed from a foreign land."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 25, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2011 in a press conference:
If there’s a government shutdown, "people don’t get their Social Security checks."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 22, 2011 in a speech in Cleveland, Ohio:
The president’s proposed budget "will help reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade to the lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 17, 2011 in a news release:
Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • February 22, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 24, 2011:
"One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending."
True
By Tom Feran • February 18, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 14, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business News:
The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2011
Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels
stated on February 11, 2011 in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference:
"Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security."
False
By Lucas Graves • February 17, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on February 14, 2011 in a press release.:
The United states is "borrowing more than 40 cents of every dollar we spend."
True
By Jacob Geiger • February 17, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 14, 2011 in a speech:
The White House budget plan will bring domestic discretionary spending to its lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 13, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
The Obama administration "actually cut out the democracy in Egypt funds inside the State Department."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2011
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