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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 30, 2010 a Facebook posting
"We spend three times more on entitlements and debt services than we do on defense."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on June 24, 2010 a tweet
The national debt "has gone up by $1,729,000,000 during the Isner v. Mahut match."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 13, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week''
"The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on April 27, 2010 in a web video.
"In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 7, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 24, 2010 an op-ed in the Des Moines Register
"Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2010
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on March 10, 2010 a message on Twitter
"House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks."
True
March 12, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on March 8, 2010 Miami Herald editorial board interview
"If we just froze spending at 2007 levels ... by 2013 we would balance the budget ... and by 2020 we would cut the national debt in half."
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By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 2, 2010 a speech
"Washington cannot hide from the fact that Congress hiked the national debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. They cannot hide from the fact . . . that the budget that they’re going forward with has more than a $5 trillion in debt in it over the next five years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 2, 2010 a town meeting in New Hampshire
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a blog post
"President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent."
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January 28, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 22, 2009 an opinion piece.
"About halfway through fiscal year 2009, Washington has run out of money."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 30, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on March 26, 2009 a statement during a press briefing
The Republican leadership's budget proposal "doesn't contain any numbers."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 27, 2009
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 25, 2009 a Fox News interview
Obama's budget plan would "take national debt up to about 80 percent of gross national product. ... Historically, it's been about 40 percent."
True
March 26, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 12, 2009 a news conference
"I don't do earmarks. I've never done one. I'm not going to do one."
True
March 16, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 25, 2009 a speech on the House floor.
"The president campaigned against this type of legislation."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 3, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 25, 2009 an interview on CNN's American Morning.
The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items."
True
By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 3, 2009 a speech
The stimulus bill contains "$20 million for the removal of small to medium-sized fish passage barriers" and "$25 million to rehabilitate off-roading trails for ATVs."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
"Senator McCain has been talking tough about earmarks, and that's good, but earmarks account for about $18-billion of our budget."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Shawn Zeller • October 7, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver
McCain voted 19 times against a minimum-wage increase.
True
By Richard Rubin • August 28, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 12, 2008 a radio ad
"McCain opposed a requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles. And he said all buy-American provisions were quote 'disgraceful.' "
True
By Bart Jansen • August 12, 2008
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