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Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on April 1, 2010 an op ed article
"Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms."
False
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010
Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on April 1, 2010 an op ed article
"The most private question on this year’s form asks for an individual’s race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-President George Washington."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010
Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on March 29, 2010 a press release
"This census is also the shortest and least intrusive count in modern history."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 28, 2010 on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."
False
By Robert Farley • March 29, 2010
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on March 24, 2010 a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC
The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
False
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on March 24, 2010 a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.
"Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
False
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2010
Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
stated on March 21, 2010 a news conference
"There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation."
True
By Robert Farley • March 23, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2010 a health care speech
"Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 19, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 18, 2010 a press release
The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 18, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on March 14, 2010 a radio interview
"The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 18, 2010
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on March 16, 2010 a TV ad
"A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • March 16, 2010
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on March 10, 2010 a message on Twitter
"House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks."
True
By Robert Farley • March 12, 2010
Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
stated on March 4, 2010 a Good Morning America interview
In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion."
False
By Robert Farley • March 11, 2010
Daniel Lipinski
Daniel Lipinski
stated on January 22, 2010 a press release
The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • March 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 4, 2010 campaign speeches
On reconciliation
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • March 5, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 a 'Today Show' interview
"He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens."
False
By Robert Farley • March 2, 2010
Charles Rangel
Charles Rangel
stated on February 26, 2010 a press conference
"I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • February 26, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 25, 2010 the televised health care summit
"The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 26, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on February 25, 2010 the televised health care summit
"Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."
True
By Robert Farley • February 25, 2010
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on February 8, 2010 his campaign blog
"Florida leads the nation in elected officials charged with crimes."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 25, 2010
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