Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

Clear
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi passed a bill awarding a $9 billion contract to her husband’s company.
Pants on Fire!
By Noah Y. Kim • August 26, 2020
Susan Collins
Susan Collins
stated on August 1, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 14, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 2, 2020 in a TV interview:
“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • August 13, 2020
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet:
“3.8% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus funding has been spent.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • August 7, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech:
“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • July 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2020 in on social media:
Nancy Pelosi ordered a 220-seat Boeing 757 to fly to her home state, costing taxpayers nearly $5.8 million annually.
False
By Patrick Orsagos • June 12, 2020
Iowa Democratic Party
Iowa Democratic Party
stated on April 21, 2020 in an online statement:
Says Joni Ernst "claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.”
Half-True
By Sarah Watson • May 21, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference:
“At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 5, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet:
“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • April 29, 2020
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • April 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 6, 2020 in a White House briefing:
The Obama administration left Trump with a “stockpile with a cupboard that was bare.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2020 in social media:
Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 26, 2020 in a CNN town hall:
Says of President Donald Trump’s actions on the coronavirus: “No. 1, he fired the pandemic team two years ago. No. 2, he's been defunding the Centers for Disease Control.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • February 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Trump just cut the scheduled federal pay raise, stating that he can’t do it now because of ‘serious economic conditions’ in America.”
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 10, 2019 in a tweet:
“Over the past two years, climate and weather disaster damage has cost the U.S. over $400 billion.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts:
"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 17, 2019 in a video posted on his presidential campaign’s social media accounts.:
"I am very proud that I am the only candidate in the Democratic primary to have voted against all of Trump's defense budgets."
False
By Kit Norton • December 20, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview:
The U.S. spends "57 cents on the dollar on defense."
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2019
Previous Next