Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 a news release

"Credit agency says Rep. Gibbs recklessly caused downgrade, higher interest rates."

By Tom Feran • August 15, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on August 11, 2011 a debate in Ames, Iowa

When Standard & Poor's "dropped our credit rating, what they said is, we don't have an ability to repay our debt. ... I was proved right in my position" that the debt ceiling should not have been raised.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011

Ron Paul
stated on August 11, 2011 in a debate in Ames, Iowa

"The country's bankrupt."

By Becky Bowers • August 12, 2011

Barry Hinckley
stated on July 24, 2011 an appearance on Channel 6

"There's no money in Social Security."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 4, 2011

Allen West
stated on July 27, 2011 an interview on CNN

"This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 29, 2011

Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 26, 2011 a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"

Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged.

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2011

Eric Cantor
stated on July 26, 2011 a TV interview.

"Harry Reid’s plan is basically giving the president a blank check."

By Warren Fiske • July 29, 2011

Jim DeMint
stated on June 27, 2011 a news release

Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is responsible for "over $14 trillion in debt."

By Mark Naymik • July 11, 2011

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 press releases

U.S. Reps. John Barrow and Sanford Bishop and their fellow Democrats "went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."

By Willoughby Mariano • July 5, 2011

Allen West
stated on June 2, 2011 an interview

"China owns about 29% of (the U.S.) debt."

By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2011

Robert Hurt
stated on June 3, 2011 an e-mail newsletter.

Non-defense discretionary spending has increased "by over 80 percent in the last two years."

By Jacob Geiger • June 10, 2011

Scott Rigell
stated on June 3, 2011 a newsletter.

"The (national) debt really added up $75 trillion in 2010 and is on track to hit $99 trillion this year."

By Sean Gorman • June 9, 2011

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 an e-mail.

"Rep. Robert Hurt voted again today to end Medicare and raise health care costs for Virginia seniors."

By Jacob Geiger • June 9, 2011

Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren

"Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."

By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 29, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"

The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions."

By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011

Scott Fitzgerald
stated on May 21, 2011 a speech at the state GOP convention

One of every two Wisconsin residents are "on some kind of government handout."

May 26, 2011

The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement

The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011

Jamie Radtke
stated on May 4, 2011 a TV interview.

George Allen "had 40,000 earmarks" while he was a senator.

By Sean Gorman • May 13, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 11, 2011 a presidential campaign announcement video

"For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt."

By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011

Tom Petri
stated on April 29, 2011 a constituent newsletter

Says President Barack Obama’s debt commission recommended converting Medicare "to a system where Medicare participants are given a voucher to purchase insurance in the private market."

May 10, 2011

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