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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2013 a speech in Boston:
Due to Obamacare, Arkansas "has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2013
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
stated on November 28, 2013 a column in the "Wall Street Journal":
"Even after Obamacare is fully implemented, there still will be tens of millions of people not covered."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2013
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on October 28, 2013 a tweet:
"FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2013
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 27, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
In Massachusetts, "half of the primary care doctors are not accepting new patients."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2013
Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie
stated on October 22, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
Emergency rooms account for "2 percent of all health care spending."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2013
Paul LePage
Paul LePage
stated on October 14, 2013 a speech in Falmouth, Maine:
"About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 17, 2013 an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio
stated on October 20, 2013 a tweet:
Says under President Barack Obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to Ronald Reagan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on October 15, 2013 an interview with Fox News:
"We went from $160 billion deficit spending in (President George W.) Bush's last year to $1.6 trillion the following year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2013
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on October 9, 2013 a column:
"No doctors who went to an American medical school will be accepting Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2013
Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross
stated on October 7, 2013 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times:
"For the first time since the Korean War, total federal spending has gone down for two years in a row."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2013
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 6, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Because of the 2011 debt ceiling fight, "the stock market lost 2,000 points."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 6, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 2, 2013 an interview on CNN:
"Eighty-five percent of government's running right now. Only 15 percent of government spending is shut down."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 30, 2013 a comment on CNN's "Crossfire":
Shutdowns are "a normal part of the constitutional process," with 12 shutdowns under Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill and two during his own speakership.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2013
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on October 1, 2013 a House floor speech:
In a "sweetheart deal … members of Congress, thanks to the Obama administration, are going to be the only people in America to get subsidies in the Obamacare exchanges."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 20, 2013 a news release:
"A strong bipartisan majority" in the House of Representatives "voted to defund Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 27, 2013 remarks at the White House:
"The United States Senate — Democrats and Republicans — (voted) to keep our government open."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2013
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