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Latest Fact-Checks In Stimulus

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National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 6, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Michael Bennet cast the deciding vote" for the stimulus and the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2010
Robert Hurt
Robert Hurt
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV ad:
Says Tom Perriello voted "to give tax breaks to foreign companies creating jobs in China."
False
By Michael Martz • October 25, 2010
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 16, 2010 campaign debates:
"In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal stimulus program
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 23, 2010
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 8, 2010 a campaign TV ad:
Says Republican Reid Ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his "roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects."
Half-True
By Cary Spivak • October 20, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2010 a campaign TV ad:
Says Russ Feingold supported a stimulus plan that allowed a company to create 3,000 jobs in China.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 19, 2010
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on October 5, 2010 a TV campaign commercial:
Said U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Macon, sent nearly $2 billion overseas to build wind turbines and create jobs, mostly in China
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 19, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 3, 2010 a campaign TV ad:
Says Steve Kagen "promised us jobs, voting for the $787 billion stimulus. Cost: another 77,000 jobs lost."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 6, 2010 a television campaign ad:
Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."
True
By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 5, 2010 a newspaper ad:
Says "the Texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nation's as a whole."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 7, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 22, 2010 an election ad:
Says Lee Fisher "wanted a $1.1 billion tax increase which could have driven countless jobs out of state."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 20, 2010 a campaign ad:
Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., "voted for the pork-filled stimulus bill -- $1.9 million to study ants in Africa, $39 million for office upgrades for politicians."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2010
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on September 17, 2010 a press release.:
"Over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 27, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on September 23, 2010 a campaign ad:
Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2010
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on September 7, 2010 a radio interview:
A $300 million stimulus allocation to Wisconsin "has led to the creation of tens of thousands of jobs in every corner of this state."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 26, 2010
Jim Huffman
Jim Huffman
stated on September 17, 2010 a television/web ad:
Says Ron Wyden spent $2 million "to study exotic ants."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 24, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 3, 2010 a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee:
"The stimulus has not created one private sector job."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 17, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 25, 2010 a posting on Facebook:
Says a "Pro-Stimulus economist admits it is not working … "
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Higgs • September 16, 2010
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people."
False
By Robert Farley • September 13, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 3, 2010 a report:
Federal stimulus money went to a Georgia Tech project that will "apparently involve the professor jamming with 'world-renowned musicians' to 'hopefully also create satisfying works of art.'"  
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 13, 2010
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
stated on August 23, 2010 an opinion column in "The Washington Examiner":
"Obama’s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva, Martha M. Hamilton • August 25, 2010
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