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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 7, 2010 in a "60 Minutes" interview:
"One of the interesting things about the Recovery Act was most of the projects came in under budget, faster than expected, because there's just not a lot of work there."
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By Michael Grabell, Robert Farley • November 10, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2010 in his weekly address:
"The Republican leader of the Senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one."
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By Robert Farley • October 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show.":
"Before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didn't have it before, through the Children's Health Insurance Program."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart":
Stabilizing the recent financial crisis "will cost less than 1 percent of GDP," which is less than the 2.5 percent to fix the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show":
The health care bill "cuts the deficit by over $1 trillion dollars."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • October 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2010 in a speech:
"Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections."
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By Robert Farley • October 11, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2010 in a speech in Madison, Wisc.:
The Republican election platform "was actually written with the help of a former lobbyist for AIG and a former lobbyist for Exxon-Mobil."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV interview:
"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."
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By Robert Farley • September 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2010 in a speech on Labor Day:
John Boehner wants to reopen a tax loophole "that actually rewarded corporations for shipping jobs and profits overseas."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 in an address from the Oval Office:
"I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."
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By Robert Farley • June 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2010 in a health care speech:
"Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing."
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By Robert Farley • March 19, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit:
"The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
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By Robert Farley • February 26, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2010 in an address at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building:
"So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in 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."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address:
The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
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By Bill Adair, Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address:
"Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."
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By Robert Farley • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 15, 2009 in remarks at the White House:
Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
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By Robert Farley • December 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 9, 2009 in a speech:
"We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."
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By Robert Farley • December 14, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2009 in an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopolous.":
"Medicare does just as good, if not better, at keeping people healthy" as Medicare Advantage.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2009 in an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
Families are paying $900, on average, "in higher premiums because of uncompensated care."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 20, 2009
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