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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 25, 2009 a Fox News interview
Obama's budget plan would "take national debt up to about 80 percent of gross national product. ... Historically, it's been about 40 percent."
True
March 26, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2009 in a news conference.
His proposed budget would "cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term."
Mostly True
March 25, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2009 a news conference.
"As a percentage of gross domestic product, we are reducing nondefense discretionary spending to its lowest level since the '60s, lower than it was under Reagan, lower than it was under Clinton, lower than it was under Bush, or both Bushes."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • March 25, 2009
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview.
Obama's proposed budget "doubles the debt in five years, triples it in 10 years."
Mostly True
March 25, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 18, 2009 a chain e-mail
"AIG insures the pension trust of the United States Congress!"
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 18, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 12, 2009 a news conference
"I don't do earmarks. I've never done one. I'm not going to do one."
True
March 16, 2009
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 8, 2009 a TV interview
"No Bridge to Nowhere could occur."
False
March 12, 2009
Peter Orszag
Peter Orszag
stated on March 8, 2009 a TV interview.
"Look, the earmarks have come down significantly, 75 percent."
False
March 11, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 27, 2009 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference
"In just one month, the Democrats have spent more than President Bush spent in seven years on the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and Hurricane Katrina combined."
False
By Alexander Lane • March 3, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 25, 2009 a speech on the House floor.
"The president campaigned against this type of legislation."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 3, 2009
Democratic congressional leadership
Democratic congressional leadership
stated on March 2, 2009 statements to reporters.
The omnibus bill has only $3.8 billion in earmarks.
False
By Bill Adair • March 2, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 23, 2009 a White House forum on fiscal responsibility.
A new presidential helicopter "is now going to cost as much as Air Force One."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • February 27, 2009
Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 an op-ed article in the Washington Post.
Says former Clinton budget director Alice Rivlin said the stimulus bill "won't actually stimulate the economy."
False
By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 25, 2009 an interview on CNN's American Morning.
The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items."
True
By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009
Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 an op-ed article in the Washington Post.
"The Congressional Budget Office has found that (the stimulus) bill will lead to a real 0.1 to 0.3 percent reduction in gross domestic product by 2019."
False
By Bill Adair • February 23, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 12, 2009 a statement on Fox News Channel.
The stimulus has "$30 million in there to protect mice in San Francisco."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 13, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 3, 2009 a speech
The stimulus bill contains "$20 million for the removal of small to medium-sized fish passage barriers" and "$25 million to rehabilitate off-roading trails for ATVs."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2009
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 18, 2009 a news interview
"We've added, in the last eight years, $4 trillion of debt to the nation's obligations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2009
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 8, 2009 during a news conference
Bush's tax cuts for high earners "have been the biggest contributor to the budget deficit."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 16, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 4, 2009 in a news interview
If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 5, 2009
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