Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

Clear
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 2, 2010 a speech
"Washington cannot hide from the fact that Congress hiked the national debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. They cannot hide from the fact . . . that the budget that they’re going forward with has more than a $5 trillion in debt in it over the next five years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2010
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 25, 2010 a hearing before Congress
In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 14, 2010 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 8, 2010 a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program'
Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 4, 2010 a press conference
The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 an address at the Tea Party convention
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
Half-True
February 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 2, 2010 a town meeting in New Hampshire
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 1, 2010 remarks on the budget
"We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival."
Mostly False
February 4, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 12, 2009 a speech on the Senate floor
On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 a State of the Union speech
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2010
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican retreat in Baltimore
"What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats."
False
January 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican retreat in Baltimore
Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • January 29, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a blog post
"President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent."
True
January 28, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a live-blog post during the State of the Union address
"President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 27, 2010 the Republican response to the State of the Union
"The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 his State of the Union speech
"At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 his State of the Union address
The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
Half-True
By Bill Adair, Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 a State of the Union speech
On a government spending freeze.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 14, 2010 a speech to House Democrats.
"The Washington Times ... pointed out that we had succeeded where previous administrations had failed" on spending cuts.
Mostly True
By Alex Holt • January 20, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 the Jan. 14 GOP gubernatorial debate
Says Gov. Rick Perry was for Wall Street bailout before he was against it.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2010
Previous Next