Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 a press conference
"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 28, 2012
stated on June 12, 2012 an interview
Since President Barack Obama took office, "you have 1,700 employees just at the Department of Transportation" earning over $170,000.
False
June 21, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 5, 2012 an interview
Says President Barack Obama wants to raise "the lowest (income) tax rate from 10 to 15 percent."
False
June 17, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 20, 2012 a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”
Says under President Barack Obama there’s been "the lowest discretionary spending we’ve had in decades in the United States."
False
By Bill Wichert • May 28, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 an interview on State of the State
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a campaign speech
"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."  
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2012
Jack Lew
Jack Lew
stated on February 12, 2012 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley"
"You can't pass a budget in the Senate of the United States without 60 votes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 8, 2012 an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obama's desk to "the garbage can."
False
By Becky Bowers, Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill, Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 8, 2012 a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire
Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on December 6, 2011 a telephone town hall meeting
Says in 1944 "we were in debt more than twice as much as we are now."
False
By Erin O'Neill • December 18, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa
"I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 21, 2011 a TV interview
The EPA "wants to hire 230,000 new government regulators that will cost the taxpayer $21 billion."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 an op-ed in USA Today
Repealing the health care law "would save $95 billion in 2016."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2011
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on October 26, 2011 a hearing of the congressional "Supercommittee"
The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 19, 2011 a news release
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is backing President Barack Obama’s plan to pass a $1.5 trillion tax increase.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.
"We're bankrupt."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Jon Runyan
Jon Runyan
stated on September 3, 2011 a mailer posted on bluejersey.com
The deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling will "directly link a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts for the first time ever."
False
By Bill Wichert • September 9, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 30, 2011 remarks at a campaign fundraiser
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "eliminates Medicare" in 10 years.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2011
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