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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 25, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
The Democratic health care law "added 12 years of solvency to Medicare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 27, 2011
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on May 20, 2011 a press release.
Says state budget deal between Texas House and Senate leaders "funds nursing homes, our public schools and universities and provides financial aid for college students."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 27, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on May 22, 2011 a Web ad
Says that Tim Pawlenty eliminated health insurance for 33,000 to 35,000 people when he was governor of Minnesota.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 3, 2011 a press availability following a policy luncheon
"The (health reform) legislation which Washington passed last year has made it more difficult to hire" because it’s increased costs for employers.
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • May 26, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would "privatize Medicare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 18, 2011 a Web ad
"Unions don’t have to comply with Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2011
Michael McAuliff
Michael McAuliff
stated on May 17, 2011 website article
"Tommy Thompson wanted to implant data chips in humans."
Mostly True
May 22, 2011
American Beverage Association
American Beverage Association
stated on May 11, 2011 a placard
"The new beverage tax will increase the cost of sodas, juice drinks, sports drinks, iced teas, and flavored water up to 50%."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 18, 2011
Steve Oelrich
Steve Oelrich
stated on May 17, 2011 floor debate on May 5, 2011
"You can't give a child an aspirin in school without permission. You can't do any kind of medication, but we can secretly take the child off and have an abortion."
True
By Katie Sanders • May 17, 2011
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor"
The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011
John Whitmire
John Whitmire
stated on May 3, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."
Mostly True
May 16, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 a fundraising letter
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • May 16, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2011 a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.
President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Renee Unterman
Renee Unterman
stated on April 14, 2011 a speech
"Gwinnett Medical Center is operating in the negative," in part, because of illegal immigrants.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 11, 2011
Robert Watson
Robert Watson
stated on April 26, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 8, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 5, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2011
Joe Gibbons
Joe Gibbons
stated on May 4, 2011 comments on the House floor
"Polls show that Floridians don't want to repeal the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 5, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 28, 2011 a letter to a constituent
Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health care overhaul.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 4, 2011
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