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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 in a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:
After President Barack Obama’s health care law takes full effect, "100 percent" of Americans will "depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 in a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:
"A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on March 6, 2012 in an interview on NBC:
"Tonight in Ohio, more people came out to vote for Barack Obama in an unopposed race than voted for (Mitt) Romney and (Rick) Santorum combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2012 in a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee:
Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan was sworn in."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 in a campaign speech:
"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."  
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on February 29, 2012 in a Web video advertisement:
"Under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 25, 2012 in an advertisement:
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington," every day, 13,000 more people "have been put on food stamps."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 29, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 24, 2012 in a Web ad:
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 25, 2012 in a speech in Troy, Mich.:
"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 22, 2012 in a televised address:
One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"Over 40 percent of children born in America are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 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
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 17, 2012 in a campaign event:
Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 in a television ad:
"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 in a television ad:
"Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2012
Jack Lew
Jack Lew
stated on February 12, 2012 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley":
"You can't pass a budget in the Senate of the United States without 60 votes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2012
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