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Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 29, 2014 a fundraising letter:

"The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history."

True

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2014 a meme on social media:

"97 percent of the 100 poorest counties in America are in red states."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2014

Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech to the NAACP in Las Vegas:

The Obama administration's policies "have reduced minority dropout rate by 25 percent."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2014

Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview on "Fox & Friends":

The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014

Club for Growth
stated on July 21, 2014 a campaign ad:

When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were "skyrocketing."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2014

Fresh Start PA
stated on July 15, 2014 a campaign ad:

Under Gov. Tom Corbett, "Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show":

The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 18, 2014 a meme on social media:

Says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that "if the workers are more insecure, that's very healthy for the society" because "they'll serve the masters gladly and passively."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

Phil Gingrey
stated on July 7, 2014 a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 16, 2014 a meme on social media:

Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 14, 2014 an episode of his radio show:

Republicans "went out of the way to praise (Eric) Holder's nomination. ... Not a single Republican senator opposed Eric Holder's nomination."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2014

Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 13, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

"We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2014

Donna Edwards
stated on July 13, 2014 a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":

"74 percent of Republicans support the Affordable Care Act."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2014

Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 10, 2014 a press conference:

The U.S. Supreme Court is "five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2014

Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour":

When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014

Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 various posts on the Internet:

"Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2014

Reince Priebus
stated on July 7, 2014 a tweet:

"Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival:

"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
stated on June 30, 2014 a dissenting opinion in "Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby":

"Women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families:

"In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2014

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