Fact Check Posts – Page 64

American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 an advertisement:

Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."

By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012

Jay Carney
stated on August 7, 2012 a press White House press briefing:

"Gov. Romney himself, with 28 other Republican governors, supported policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the welfare reform law and allowed people to stay on welfare forever."

By Molly Moorhead • August 9, 2012

Priorities USA Action
stated on August 7, 2012 campaign ad:

Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.

By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on July 25, 2012 an introduction to a web video:

President Obama was saying success "is the result of government," not "hard-working people," when he said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 a campaign commercial:

Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.

By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012

Steve Doocy
stated on July 11, 2012 a discussion on "Fox & Friends":

"If you make more than $250,000 a year … you only really take home about $125,000."

By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2012

Jeff Duncan
stated on July 10, 2012 a tweet:

"83% of doctors have considered leaving the profession because of #Obamacare."

By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2012

Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2012 on the Internet:

"75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class."

By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 prepared remarks:

" ‘Obamacare’ puts the federal government between you and your doctor."

By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2012

Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 1, 2012 on 'Meet the Press':

Under the health care law, "everybody will have lower rates, better quality care and better access."

By Jon Greenberg • July 6, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on June 19, 2012 a speech to the Business Roundtable in Frankenmuth, Mich.:

Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.

By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 a speech in Washington, D.C. :

"Obamacare … means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep."

By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 a press conference:

"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 28, 2012

National Rifle Association
stated on June 12, 2012 a mailer:

Says Barack Obama "supported Ted Kennedy’s ammo ban to outlaw all deer-hunting ammunition."

By Aaron Sharockman • June 13, 2012

Michelle Obama
stated on May 29, 2012 an interview with NPR:

"Only 2 percent of public high schools in the country offer PE classes."

By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2012 an interview with CBN News:

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2012 a Web ad:

Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.

By Molly Moorhead • May 14, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech in Albany, N.Y.:

"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website:

"Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double."

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad:

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."

By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012

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