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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 1, 2010 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2010
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 26, 2010 a breakfast with journalists in Washington, D.C.
"I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 17, 2010 an online column
"Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation  
False
July 23, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on July 18, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2010
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 17, 2010 conservative blogs
Obama's dog has his "own plane"
False
By Lukas Pleva • July 22, 2010
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2010 a press conference
"Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2010
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on July 13, 2010 a prepared statement
The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 16, 2010
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on July 7, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's 'The Dylan Ratigan Show'
"The top 1 percent pay over half of the entire revenue for this country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on July 6, 2010 a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
"Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Daniel Senor
Daniel Senor
stated on July 4, 2010 ABC's 'This Week'
Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget"
False
By Lukas Pleva • July 6, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on June 25, 2010 a television interview
"The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 22, 2010 a Senate floor speech
Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2010
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 20, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
"In the case of General Motors, the (Bush) administration wrote a check without asking for any conditions of change."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 21, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 13, 2010 a discussion on ABC's 'This Week'
The Obama administration "has been constrained by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which basically gives the responsible party the lead role in trying to not only fix the problem, but contain the problem."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 15, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 9, 2010 a Senate floor speech
"A major part" of the climate change bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman "was essentially written by BP."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 9, 2010 a chain e-mail
Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 3, 2010 a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet
Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
False
June 8, 2010
Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas
stated on June 6, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
Turkey is an Arab country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web ad
Sen. Barbara Boxer "passed only three bills in 18 years" into law.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 28, 2010
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