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Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on November 8, 2011 in a USA Today column.:
A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes."
True
By Michael Collins • January 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 19, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
President Obama has "said he is going to cut veterans' benefits."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on November 20, 2011 in appearance on MSNBC's "UP w/Chris Hayes":
"The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget."
Pants on Fire!
By Zack McMillin • January 13, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 17, 2011 in a news release:
Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 9, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 8, 2012 in an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.:
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obama's desk to "the garbage can."
False
By Becky Bowers, Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill, Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Anna Little
Anna Little
stated on December 29, 2011 in a message on her campaign website:
"Bob Menendez just voted to increase the government's debt ceiling to $1.9 TRILLION! In his 19 years in Congress, Menendez has helped overspend America over $15 TRILLION into debt."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • January 8, 2012
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 12, 2011 in an interview on CNN’s ‘Out Front’:
Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 6, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on December 6, 2011 in a telephone town hall meeting:
Says in 1944 "we were in debt more than twice as much as we are now."
False
By Erin O'Neill • December 18, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:
"We’re $15 trillion now in debt, with a president that’s racked up as much debt as almost all of the other presidents combined."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:
"I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Marisha Agana
Marisha Agana
stated on October 30, 2011 in a news release announcing her candidacy:
"The American Conservative Union gives [Rep. Tim] Ryan a dismal 0.0 percent rating for the billions he has contributed to our national debt."
Mostly False
By Henry J. Gomez • December 15, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate.:
The national debt increased $16,000 every second George Allen served in the U.S. Senate.
True
By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2011
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
stated on November 18, 2011 in a speech at the City Club of Cleveland:
Says military expenditures for the United States are greater than the combined spending of the next 14 largest nations.
True
By Tom Feran • December 5, 2011
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on December 1, 2011 in an opinion column.:
Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 2, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 13, 2011 in a newspaper column:
"President Obama's recent plan to cut $100 million of waste within his administration won't actually save money because he's going to spend it elsewhere."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • December 1, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 11, 2011 in a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing:
"We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on October 31, 2011 in a TV interview.:
The U.S. would gain revenue by cutting personal income tax rates in half and ending tax breaks.
True
By Warren Fiske • November 25, 2011
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on November 16, 2011 in a speech on the House floor:
"When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 21, 2011
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on November 9, 2011 in a radio interview:
The federal "limousine fleet has increased by 42 percent since Barack Obama took office."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 13, 2011
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 4, 2011 in a TV interview.:
"Ronald Reagan raised the national debt 18 times."
True
By Sean Gorman • November 12, 2011
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