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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 27, 2011 a press release
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack "voted to raise his own pay several times."
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By Amy Sherman • November 23, 2011
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
stated on October 23, 2011 congressional testimony
"After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 9, 2011 a television interview
Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 20, 2011
Save America's Postal Service
Save America's Postal Service
stated on September 29, 2011 a television ad
The Postal Service’s financial losses result from "a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue, while the Postal Service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 16, 2011 answer to questions.
Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2011
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on September 3, 2011 a speech.
Thomas Jefferson expressed "strong support" for a balanced budget amendment in 1798.
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By Sean Gorman • September 9, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a campaign video on his website
Says the national debt and President Barack Obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release
"George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
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By Becky Bowers • August 10, 2011
Buddy Roemer
Buddy Roemer
stated on July 20, 2011 candidate's forum in Bedford, N.H.
Says Obama has never submitted a budget, and Congress has worked for two years without passing one.
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By Gregory Trotter • August 5, 2011
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on July 24, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The government's twice the size it was 10 years ago. It's 30 percent bigger than it was when (Barack) Obama became president."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 31, 2011 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
"The average Republican voter thinks there should be some revenue as part of this deal."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 31, 2011 remarks from the White House
The debt ceiling deal will result in "the lowest level of annual domestic spending since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 29, 2011 an e-mail
"If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest."
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Martha M. Hamilton • August 2, 2011
Judson Phillips
Judson Phillips
stated on July 27, 2011 a "Washington Post" opinion piece
"Our government has spent $2.6 million to teach Chinese prostitutes how to drink responsibly."
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July 29, 2011
We Are Wisconsin
We Are Wisconsin
stated on July 15, 2011 a news release
Says Republican state Sen. Alberta Darling offered "unqualified support" for a plan to end Medicare
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 29, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 19, 2011 debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
"The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003."
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By Therese Bottomly • July 25, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 19, 2011 a campaign video.
"This past (legislative) session, we passed out of the Legislature a resolution requiring Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (U.S.) Constitution."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2011
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
stated on June 24, 2011 a news release
Says that, unlike the U.S. Senate, "even the Libyan government, in the middle of a civil war, passed a budget on June 15, 2011"
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By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 6, 2011 a radio interview
Says the U.S. borrows "42 cents of every dollar Washington spends today and about half of that comes from countries like China."
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July 15, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on July 14, 2011 a television ad
"Our country's got this huge debt, and (President Barack) Obama says raise taxes and keep spending more."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2011
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