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Latest Fact-Checks By Becky Bowers

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 a speech in The Villages, Fla.
Says Obama puts "15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of Medicare, who are required to cut Medicare ... that will lead to denied care for current seniors."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website
Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 14, 2012 a TV ad
After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead • May 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 9, 2012 a TV interview
On support for gay marriage.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • May 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website
Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • May 8, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as  "tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights in China."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."
False
By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 27, 2012 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney's comments indicated he would not have pursued Osama bin Laden.
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 30, 2012
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on April 14, 2012 a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association
"We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who … signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense."  
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2012 a speech at Port of Tampa
"We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on April 10, 2012 a Web ad
Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 13, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 6, 2012 an email
"Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? … Seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border!"
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 a “Face the Nation” interview
"General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America
Under the House Republican budget, "if these cuts were to be spread out evenly … the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 6, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 2, 2012 in a speech in Wisconsin
"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 3, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 29, 2012 a speech in the Rose Garden
Last year, "Exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 2, 2012
Senate Republican Conference
Senate Republican Conference
stated on March 22, 2012 a Web video
"Up to 80 percent of small businesses will be forced to give up their current plans due to new Obamacare regulations."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 15, 2012 in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”
"(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 21, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.
"If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • March 7, 2012
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