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Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
stated on July 15, 2011 in a column by Victoria Jackson:
"A clause hidden in the Obamacare bill, which is now law, gives Obama the right to form a private army."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall in New Hampshire:
Said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2011
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on July 13, 2011 in an interview on CNN:
"Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 19, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 in a press conference:
"The clear majority of Republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 in a press conference:
"Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on June 23, 2011 in a newsletter.:
Under Ryan plan, "those 54 and younger would receive the same kind of healthcare options now enjoyed by members of Congress."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Wes Hester • July 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2011 in an interview with CBS News:
Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2011 in a press conference:
"As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 12, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 22, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
Says that President Obama said, "Nobody made these guys go to war. ... Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?" 
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 in a press conference:
"You see a whole bunch of Korean cars here in the United States, and you don't see any American cars in Korea."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 24, 2011 in a press conference:
"The American people don't want us to raise taxes."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 29, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on June 22, 2011 in an interview on "Morning Joe.":
The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 13, 2011 in a Republican presidential candidate debate in New Hampshire:
"Obamacare takes $500 billion out of Medicare and funds Obamacare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 5, 2011 in a debate in South Carolina:
The Medicare drug program "resulted in the program coming in 40 percent under budget. ... And the reason it was, is because the design was right." 
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2011 in in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"A large number of the uninsured earn $75,000 or more a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 13, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire:
Then-Sen. Barack Obama "refused to raise the debt ceiling because he said President Bush had failed in leadership."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 14, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 13, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire:
"The CBO, the Congressional Budget Office has said that Obamacare will kill 800,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 14, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on May 26, 2011 in a YouTube video:
"When I became president and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, it was supposed to go bankrupt . . . We turned it around with common-sense business principles."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 25, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:
The Democratic health care law "added 12 years of solvency to Medicare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 27, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on May 22, 2011 in a Web ad:
Says that Tim Pawlenty eliminated health insurance for 33,000 to 35,000 people when he was governor of Minnesota.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2011
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