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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 30, 2011 remarks at a campaign fundraiser:
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "eliminates Medicare" in 10 years.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 7, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2011 a news release:
"Credit agency says Rep. Gibbs recklessly caused downgrade, higher interest rates."
False
By Tom Feran • August 15, 2011
Michele Bachmann
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.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on August 11, 2011 in a debate in Ames, Iowa:
"The country's bankrupt." 
False
By Becky Bowers • August 12, 2011
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on July 24, 2011 an appearance on Channel 6:
"There's no money in Social Security."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 4, 2011
Allen West
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."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 29, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
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.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on July 26, 2011 a TV interview.:
"Harry Reid’s plan is basically giving the president a blank check."
False
By Warren Fiske • July 29, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on June 27, 2011 a news release:
Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is responsible for "over $14 trillion in debt."
False
By Mark Naymik • July 11, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
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."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 5, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on June 2, 2011 an interview:
"China owns about 29% of (the U.S.) debt."
False
By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2011
Robert Hurt
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."
False
By Jacob Geiger • June 10, 2011
Scott Rigell
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."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 9, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
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."
False
By Jacob Geiger • June 9, 2011
Sarah Palin
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."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
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."
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 26, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement:
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on May 4, 2011 a TV interview.:
George Allen "had 40,000 earmarks" while he was a senator.
False
By Sean Gorman • May 13, 2011
Newt Gingrich
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."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
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