Fact Check Posts – Page 6

X posts
stated on October 4, 2013 messages on Twitter

The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown.

By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2013

X posts
stated on October 5, 2013 a tweet

"Obama has jumped the shark and ordered the ocean closed!"

By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on September 20, 2013 a news release

"A strong bipartisan majority" in the House of Representatives "voted to defund Obamacare."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2013

Chris Kapenga
stated on August 23, 2013 a newsletter

"The amount of interest" paid on the federal debt exceeds "total tax revenue."

September 15, 2013

Harry Reid
stated on July 30, 2013 a media availability with reporters

The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs."

By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2013

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.

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013

Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 a news release

A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.

By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013

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."

By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2013

Bloggers
stated on March 20, 2013 blog posts

The Air Force wants taxpayers to fund a fantasy football league.

By Becky Bowers • March 22, 2013

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."

By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2013

Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2013 an interview

The fiscal cliff agreement was "the largest tax increase in history."

March 15, 2013

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."

By Becky Bowers • March 6, 2013

Amy Kremer
stated on January 3, 2013 an interview

U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss votes more with Democrats than with conservatives.

By Eric Stirgus • January 8, 2013

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."

By Tom Feran • January 3, 2013

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."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 20, 2012

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012

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."

October 26, 2012

Workers' Voice
stated on October 1, 2012 a campaign flier

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2012

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 24, 2012 a television ad

Says Jim Renacci "opposed increasing combat bonuses for our troops."

By Tom Feran • October 24, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate

"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012

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