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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of Union address
During the past four years, "average wages have barely budged."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2014 a Saturday radio address
"Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above strategy for American energy," the United States generates "more natural gas than anybody."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 16, 2014 a speech at North Carolina State University
"For the first time in nearly two decades, we produce more oil here in the United States than we buy from the rest of the world."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 17, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2014 a Facebook post
"Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech
"By the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family."
True
By Julie Kliegman • December 5, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech at the Center for American Progress
The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 21, 2013 speeches
On changing the rules for filibusters on presidential nominees
Full Flop
November 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2013 remarks at a Dallas synagogue
"A million people … could get health insurance right away" if Texas expanded Medicaid under Obamacare.
True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 4, 2013 a speech to Organizing for Action
"What we said was, you can keep (your plan) if it hasn’t changed since the law passed."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2013 a speech in Boston
Due to Obamacare, Arkansas "has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 21, 2013 a public address
Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans "can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 28, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2013 a public address
"Half of all CEOs say that the shutdown and the threat of shutdown set back their plans to hire over the next six months."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2013 an NPR interview
"At the time that (Medicare Part D) was passed (it) was actually less popular than the Affordable Care Act, according to the polls."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2013 a speech at Largo, Md.
"In states where the federal government helps run these (health care) marketplaces, the average American will have more than 50 different plans to choose from, with different levels of coverage."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 27, 2013 remarks at the White House
"The United States Senate — Democrats and Republicans — (voted) to keep our government open."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2013 a speech about the Affordable Care Act
"Up to half of all Americans have a pre-existing condition."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2013 a speech on homeownership
"We now sell more products made in America to the rest of the world than ever before."
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2013 a speech in Chattanooga, Tenn.
"This year, we're off to our best private-sector jobs growth since 1999."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2013
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