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Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on May 9, 2012 in 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
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 7, 2012 in a speech:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson said he wants to "do away with Medicare."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 28, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on June 12, 2012 in 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
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on May 7, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor.:
Says "we are overcharging students . . . to help pay for the health care law."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 16, 2012 in a speech in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
National debt plus unfunded liabilities adds up to $520,000 per American household.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on April 5, 2012 in a campaign email:
"Since President Obama took office, our federal spending has increased by nearly 30 percent and our national debt has increased by almost 50 percent."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 in remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America:
Under the House Republican budget, "if these cuts were to be spread out evenly … the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 6, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 8, 2012 in a press release:
The RESTORE Act started as an "effort to dedicate as much BP fine money as possible towards Gulf Coast restoration" but now "could steer money to places like the Great Lakes and West Coast."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 15, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says when she "helped get $15 billion more for veterans care, Kucinich voted No."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • March 1, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"When I was born, less than 10 percent of the federal budget was entitlement spending. It's now 60 percent of the budget."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 in an ad against Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.:
"Obamacare (hit) Americans with over $500 billion in new taxes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 16, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on February 1, 2012 in a speech at his campaign kickoff:
"Senator Menendez said he would spend our money wisely. But our annual national deficit climbed from $250 billion a year to $1.6 trillion on his watch."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 13, 2012
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on February 1, 2012 in a web post:
"[A]t his current rate, President Obama will have added more debt to the United State of America by the end of his first term than each of the previous 43 presidents -- combined!"
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 13, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 in a speech in Las Vegas, Nev.:
"President Obama is shrinking our military."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on January 17, 2012 in a YouTube video:
"Sheldon Whitehouse's failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful..."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 31, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 11, 2012 in an interview.:
Says that when Republicans held Congress and the presidency, they "doubled the size of the (U.S.) Department of Education."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 11, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in a Web ad:
"Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • January 3, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on December 27, 2011 in a video ad:
"Newt balanced the federal budget."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 28, 2011
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 15, 2011 in a television interview:
"President Obama has increased the federal workforce 192,000 individuals -- about 10 percent since he’s taken office -- while we’ve lost 2 million jobs."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 5, 2011 in the Texas Patriots PAC debate in The Woodlands, Texas:
Says IBM leader told Obama that using IBM technology to cut fraud could "pay for" health care reform.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 9, 2011
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