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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2009 in a speech at Georgetown University:
"Already we've identified $2 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 21, 2009
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 17, 2009 in a speech on the Senate Floor.:
On the propriety of budget reconciliation.
Half Flip
By Robert Farley • March 30, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on March 26, 2009 in a statement during a press briefing:
The Republican leadership's budget proposal "doesn't contain any numbers."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 27, 2009
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 25, 2009 in 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
By Robert Farley • March 26, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2009 in in a news conference.:
His proposed budget would "cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2009 in 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 in a Fox News interview.:
Obama's proposed budget "doubles the debt in five years, triples it in 10 years."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 18, 2009 in 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 in a news conference:
"I don't do earmarks. I've never done one. I'm not going to do one."
True
By Robert Farley • March 16, 2009
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 8, 2009 in a TV interview:
"No Bridge to Nowhere could occur."
False
By Robert Farley • March 12, 2009
Peter Orszag
Peter Orszag
stated on March 8, 2009 in a TV interview.:
"Look, the earmarks have come down significantly, 75 percent."
False
By Robert Farley • March 11, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 27, 2009 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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