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Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 6, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Secretly, unbeknownst to members of Congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the Obamacare legislation."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2011
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on March 2, 2011 a television ad:
Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. "  
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 4, 2011
Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
stated on February 27, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
The 2006 Massachusetts health care law has "added (only) about 1 percent to our state budget."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on February 28, 2011 an interview on a radio show:
Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 20, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"The (Wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 22, 2011
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 20, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"The  firefighters, the policemen and others who supported (Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker) in his election bid ... don't have to worry about their collective bargaining rights."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 21, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on February 15, 2011 an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show":
The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech by Wayne LaPierre at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
"Across the board, violent crime in jurisdictions that recognize the Right to Carry is lower than in areas that prevent it."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2011
Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur
stated on February 9, 2011 MSNBC Live:
Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 14, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview with President Obama:
The majority of people in polls do "not support Obamacare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday:
"I lowered taxes over the last two years."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday:
"I didn't raise taxes once."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 4, 2011 an interview with ABC News:
Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011
Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat
stated on January 30, 2011 a newspaper column:
Under Hosni Mubarak's rule, "Egypt received more American dollars than any country besides Israel."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011
Sameh Shoukry
Sameh Shoukry
stated on January 30, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
In the past 20 years, Egypt has made "great strides" in political and democratic reform.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"We're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address:
The federal government "now tells us which light bulbs to buy."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union speech:
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address:
"We are living with a legacy of deficit-spending that began almost a decade ago."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
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