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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 7, 2010 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 • November 10, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2010 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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October 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 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 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 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 • October 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2010 a speech
"Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections."
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October 11, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2010 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 a TV interview
"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."
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September 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2010 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 an address from the Oval Office
"I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."
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June 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2010 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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March 19, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 25, 2010 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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February 26, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2010 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 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 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 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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January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 15, 2009 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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December 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 9, 2009 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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December 14, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2009 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 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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