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Connie Mack
stated on September 6, 2012 an op-ed in 'The Hill':

"President Obama has no plan to reduce the deficit, let alone pay down the debt."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • September 19, 2012

Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release:

David Cicilline was "required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months" until after the November 2010 election.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2012

Reid Ribble
stated on August 30, 2012 an interview:

Says President Barack Obama "built this $16 trillion debt."

False

By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 a news release:

"$16 trillion (the national debt) in $1 bills would cover the entire state of Ohio nearly 1.5 times."

True

By Tom Feran • September 12, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic convention:

Says his budget plan "would cut our deficits by $4 trillion."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • September 7, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2012 a debate:

"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 a TV debate:

"We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country."

False

By Tom Mooney • September 5, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 14, 2012 an Americans for Prosperity attack ad:

Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."

False

By Joshua Gillin • August 16, 2012

Mark Neumann
stated on August 8, 2012 campaign website statements:

Says he never voted for a "tax increase."

False

By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2012

George Allen
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.:

"When I left the Senate, we were on a trajectory towards a balanced budget."

Half-True

By Nancy Madsen • August 7, 2012

stated on July 13, 2012 a television ad:

As a congressman, Mark Neumann "voted four times to increase our debt."

Half-True

By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2012

Michael Riley
stated on July 26, 2012 a taped debate on "State of the State":

The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2012

Mark Neumann
stated on June 13, 2012 an interview:

If the U.S. didn't borrow $1.2 trillion every year "to fund government operations," that money would be available "for entrepreneurs and business people to put to work creating jobs and building and expanding their businesses."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 8, 2012

Connie Mack
stated on May 9, 2012 a campaign mailer:

The Mack Penny Plan for the federal budget "would balance our budget by 2019" and "continues to gain support."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on June 28, 2012 a fundraising letter:

President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2012

Jim Renacci
stated on June 12, 2012 an online blog post:

Obama has "racked up more debt than any president in history — over $5 trillion."

Half-True

By Tom Feran • June 27, 2012

Gerry Connolly
stated on June 5, 2012 a floor speech.:

Ronald Reagan "raised taxes in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987."

True

By Nancy Madsen • June 25, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2012 a campaign ad:

"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ... (had) more debt per person than any other state in the country."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on June 8, 2012 an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”:

Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money."

False

By Erin O'Neill • June 17, 2012

Bill Clinton
stated on June 2, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:

"It took us four years to balance the budget. Then I gave you four surplus budgets for the first time in more than 70 years, paid $600 billion down on the national debt."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • June 8, 2012

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