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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on October 2, 2013 a TV interview.:
"It’s been 4 and a half years since the United States Senate passed a budget."
False
By Nancy Madsen • October 14, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on October 4, 2013 messages on Twitter:
The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on October 5, 2013 a tweet:
"Obama has jumped the shark and ordered the ocean closed!"
False
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 20, 2013 a news release:
"A strong bipartisan majority" in the House of Representatives "voted to defund Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2013
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on August 23, 2013 a newsletter:
"The amount of interest" paid on the federal debt exceeds "total tax revenue."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on July 30, 2013 a media availability with reporters:
The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2013
Todd Young
Todd Young
stated on June 19, 2013 a letter to a constituent:
"Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 a news release:
A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on March 22, 2013 a press release:
"75 percent of the (air traffic control) towers the Obama Administration is closing are located in Republican Congressional Districts."
False
By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 20, 2013 blog posts:
The Air Force wants taxpayers to fund a fantasy football league.
False
By Becky Bowers • March 22, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on March 19, 2013 a Senate floor speech:
"In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2013 an interview:
The fiscal cliff agreement was "the largest tax increase in history."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 15, 2013
Al Cardenas
Al Cardenas
stated on March 1, 2013 an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe:
Of $60 billion Congress approved in response to Hurricane Sandy, "only 10 percent was for disaster relief."
False
By Becky Bowers • March 6, 2013
Amy Kremer
Amy Kremer
stated on January 3, 2013 an interview:
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss votes more with Democrats than with conservatives.
False
By Eric Stirgus • January 8, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 9, 2012 a news conference:
"The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."
False
By Tom Feran • January 3, 2013
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
stated on December 17, 2012 a press release:
"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 5, 2012 a report:
"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson ran Medicare "into the ground" and "nine years closer to bankruptcy."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on October 1, 2012 a campaign flier:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 24, 2012 a television ad:
Says Jim Renacci "opposed increasing combat bonuses for our troops."
False
By Tom Feran • October 24, 2012
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