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Crossroads GPS
stated on August 19, 2014 in a campaign ad:

While "Arkansas seniors depend on Social Security and Medicare," Sen. Mark Pryor supports an overhaul so they "couldn’t get Social Security until they turn 68 or 69."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2014

Martha Robertson
stated on August 12, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., "voted to raise the Social Security retirement age on us."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2014

John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight":

"The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2014 in a meme on social media:

"In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on August 4, 2014 in comments to reporters:

"I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2014

Lynn Jenkins
stated on July 29, 2014 in a press conference:

In the "do-nothing Senate," there are 352 House bills "sitting on Harry Reid’s desk awaiting action," including 55 introduced by Democrats.

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2014

Sheila Jackson Lee
stated on July 30, 2014 in a House floor speech:

"We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014

Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 29, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

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