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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 a "Roll Call" interview
The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on May 3, 2014 an interview
"Explosive growth in Medicare" is the reason federal deficit spending is predicted to top $1 trillion again after falling to $600 billion annually.
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2014
Anissa Naouai
Anissa Naouai
stated on April 16, 2014 comments on CNN
"The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2014
Chris Chocola
Chris Chocola
stated on March 19, 2014 an op-ed supporting Senate candidate Chris McDaniel
Says Sen. Thad Cochran "voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2014
Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel
stated on March 2, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this."
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By Julie Kliegman • March 5, 2014
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt," a report shows.
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By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 16, 2013 an interview.
"The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"
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By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2014
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on January 14, 2014 a press release
"Sens. Isakson’s, Chambliss’ Votes Against Unemployment Insurance Were Votes to Kill Nearly 6,000 Georgia Jobs."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2014
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 11, 2013 an interview as quoted in a news story
The federal government "has $3 trillion in cash flow, so we can pay our bills" and won’t default.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 6, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 2, 2013 an interview on CNN
"Eighty-five percent of government's running right now. Only 15 percent of government spending is shut down."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 30, 2013 a comment on CNN's "Crossfire"
Shutdowns are "a normal part of the constitutional process," with 12 shutdowns under Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill and two during his own speakership.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2013
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on August 2, 2013 a speech
"Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, U.S. health care spending grew at 3.9 percent for the last three years, the lowest growth rate in over 50 years."  
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August 18, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal deficit is "growing."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on July 24, 2013 a news release
A Republican housing finance reform bill "would eliminate a person’s ability to obtain 15- and 30-year mortgages."
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August 4, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 22, 2013 a blog post
President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
American Postal Workers Union
American Postal Workers Union
stated on July 8, 2013 television advertisement
"The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t run on your tax dollars. It’s funded solely by stamps and postage."
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By Eric Stirgus • July 24, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 16, 2013 a tweet
"The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%."
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By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2013
Charlie Smith
Charlie Smith
stated on May 6, 2013 a newspaper article
The federal government could save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills.
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By Janel Davis • May 31, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on May 9, 2013 an op-ed
"Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit."
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By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2013
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