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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference:
"Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference:
Under the White House’s budget proposal, "we will not be adding more to the national debt" by the middle of the decade.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on January 24, 2011 a speech:
If you tried to pay out $1 trillion by handing it out at $1 per second, it would take more than 31,000 years.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 9, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on January 4, 2011 an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM:
"For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ."
False
By Tom Feran • February 9, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 31, 2011 a radio ad.:
Congressman Robert Hurt has a plan to cut education by 40 percent.
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Geiger • February 4, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 25, 2011 a TV interview.:
The U.S. loses more on tax breaks than it collects in personal income taxes. 
True
By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 a tweet during the State of the Union address:
Says government is a barrier to innovation and development.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 27, 2011 a Senate Tea Party Caucus meeting:
Says President Barack Obama revealed in his State of the Union address that he "now is against earmarks."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"We're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 the GOP response to the State of the Union address:
"Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies, an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 the GOP response to the State of the Union:
The health care law "is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a rebuttal to the State of the Union address:
"While the government grew, we lost more than 2 million jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a rebuttal to the State of the Union address:
The federal government "may put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address:
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
True
By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address:
"We are living with a legacy of deficit-spending that began almost a decade ago."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on January 17, 2011 a news release:
George Allen voted for budgets that increased the national debt by $16,400 for every second he served in the U.S. Senate.
True
By Warren Fiske • January 24, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 5, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
True
By Stephen Koff • January 10, 2011
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on January 2, 2011 a statement published in the "Bakersfield Californian":
"The Democratic majority led the 111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses before them combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2011
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 20, 2010 a newsletter:
"I stopped requesting earmarks in 2008."
True
January 5, 2011
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