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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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George Will
George Will
stated on September 12, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour''
"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2010
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on September 10, 2010 a radio ad for the Scott Walker gubernatorial campaign
Like me, Scott Walker opposed the 1998 transportation bill and the $9 billion of wasteful spending.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2010
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on September 9, 2010 a campaign TV ad
Scott Walker supported the same transportation bill he’s attacking me for. He said at the time it would save the taxpayers money.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2010 a speech in Cleveland, Ohio.
"When these same Republicans –- including Mr. Boehner –- were in charge, the number of earmarks and pet projects went up, not down."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on September 7, 2010 a campaign commercial
"On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 7, 2010 campaign TV and radio ads
Says Mark Neumann = Nancy Pelosi
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Lee Bergquist • September 9, 2010
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on September 1, 2010 a statement on his campaign website
"Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office"  
Mostly False
By Robert Higgs • September 8, 2010
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on August 30, 2010 a Rhode Island News Channel debate
"It costs us, logistically, three times more to fight in Afghanistan than it does in any other place."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on August 20, 2010 a campaign commercial
After Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1981 the U.S. enjoyed "exponential growth."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 5, 2010
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on August 19, 2010 a campaign flyer
"Congress and President Obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the United States existence."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 1, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on August 25, 2010 comments on his TV show
"The federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in 65 years."
True
By Lukas Pleva • August 30, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 a TV and Internet commercial
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 9, 2010 a television election ad
"Jim Renacci supports a national sales tax of 23 percent."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • August 19, 2010
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 15, 2010 a segment of CBS' ''Face The Nation.''
Republicans tried to block the deficit commission.
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • August 18, 2010
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on July 6, 2010 a speech
"Since the president became the president, we have lost 3.3 million jobs in the private sector. But you know who's done OK and who's not complaining today? The public sector. We've gained 590,000 public sector jobs."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2010
Mike Keown
Mike Keown
stated on August 12, 2010 his campaign Web site
"It is wrong for the average federal worker today to make more than $100,000 while the average private-sector worker makes less than $70,000."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • August 18, 2010
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on July 7, 2010 MSNBC's Morning Joe
The United States accounted for 26 percent of worldwide military spending during the Cold War, but now accounts for 41 percent.
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • August 13, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 a news release
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 8, 2010 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"There's still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don't we stop it."
False
August 10, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 2, 2010 a campaign video
"If we ban the practice of earmarks, we could save the American taxpayer anywhere between $15 (billion) to $20 billion dollars a year in pork-barrel spending."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2010
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