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Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on September 20, 2013 a press release:
"According to the Congressional Budget Office, repealing Obamacare would increase the budget deficit."
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • September 25, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The federal deficit is "growing."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on July 30, 2013 a media availability with reporters:
The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 17, 2013 a news release:
Says the State Department spent $630,000 to get 2 million Facebook "Likes."
True
By Tom Feran • August 1, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech at Knox College in Illinois:
Says "our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 16, 2013 an MSNBC interview:
Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama."  
True
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2013
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on May 16, 2013 a news release.:
"The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 17, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on May 9, 2013 an op-ed:
"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2013
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 16, 2013 an interview:
"Not one dime gets added to the deficit because of Social Security."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 26, 2013
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on March 17, 2013 an interview on “Fox News Sunday”:
"Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 26, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on March 19, 2013 a Senate floor speech:
"In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on February 21, 2013 an interview on Central Florida News 13:
In a budget deal struck in 2011 "a trillion dollars of cuts went into effect immediately, and then a special committee was set up ... to get agreement on another $3 trillion of cuts."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 25, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference:
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:
Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 22, 2013
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on February 8, 2013 a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron":
Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar  - I call it mismanagement – deficit."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • February 21, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview:
"Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. We’re trying to reduce the rate of growth in government."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 20, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release:
Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 31, 2013
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 6, 2013 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Seven of America’s 10 wealthiest counties are in the Washington, D.C., area.
True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 14, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 a State of the State address:
Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had "a projected $11 billion deficit."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • January 9, 2013
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