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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 a speech
"Every dollar we invested in high-quality, early education programs can save more than $7 later on by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, even reducing crime."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus, Katie Sanders • February 19, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address
"The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union speech
"Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of (Medicare’s) health care costs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 14, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address
Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address
"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address
"Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts" to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address
Says "overwhelming majorities of Americans" support gun legislation "like background checks."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address
Says his administration has made "progress" on border enforcement by "putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history and reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address
"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 16, 2013 in a speech
"A majority of Americans agree with" a ban on assault weapons. "And by the way, so did Ronald Reagan."  
True
By Janel Davis • February 5, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 5, 2012 a report
"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 a television ad
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2012 the second presidential debate at Hofstra University
"There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Manchester, N.H.
"We got back every dime used to rescue the banks."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • October 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 a presidential debate
"The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 a presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2012
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