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George Voinovich
George Voinovich
stated on July 14, 2010 a speech in the U.S. Senate
"Last year, we borrowed $1.4 trillion -- or 41 cents of every dollar we spent. Over half of this debt is held by foreign investors."
True
By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2010
Bill O'Neill
Bill O'Neill
stated on July 30, 2010 in a letter
"In recent years, Rep. LaTourette has sponsored legislation that would increase spending by 551.6 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • August 5, 2010
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on July 12, 2010 an online forum on ProJo.com
"The Congressional Budget Office estimates that for every $1 we spend on unemployment benefits, $1.90 is put into our economy."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2010
Randy Neugebauer
Randy Neugebauer
stated on July 29, 2010 a Townhall.com guest blog post
"Ninety-four percent of small businesses will face higher taxes under the Democrats' plan."
Pants on Fire!
By Lukas Pleva • August 4, 2010
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on July 8, 2010 a speech
"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 22, 2010 remarks at a bill signing
The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 19, 2010 comments on her MSNBC show.
Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 23, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on July 18, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 26, 2010 a political ad
As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
Mostly True
July 16, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2010 a Fox News interview
"Forty cents of every dollar being spent by the federal government is being borrowed from my children."
True
July 16, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 5, 2010 a CNN interview
"We're spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy."
True
By Lukas Pleva • July 15, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 1, 2010 a conference call with Texas reporters
"Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance."
True
July 11, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 30, 2010 a Facebook posting
The U.S. "only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 30, 2010 a Facebook posting
"We spend three times more on entitlements and debt services than we do on defense."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on July 6, 2010 a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
"Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Bill Clegg
Bill Clegg
stated on June 24, 2010 candidate web page
The U.S. deficit "increases at $3 million per second."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2008 a campaign speech in Grand Junction, Colo.
On the use of presidentially appointed commissions.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2010
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 24, 2010 a Senate floor speech
"When George Bush took office, President Clinton, a Democrat, and the Democratic Congress at the time had left an annual budget that was in surplus."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on June 24, 2010 a tweet
The national debt "has gone up by $1,729,000,000 during the Isner v. Mahut match."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 22, 2010 a Senate floor speech
Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2010
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