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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 26, 2011 in 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
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on July 4, 2011 in a house party in Belmont, N.H. :
Says that when he was governor of Utah, he worked with the state Legislature to create a flat tax that "cut income taxes by 30 percent."
Mostly False
By Kevin Landrigan, Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2011
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley":
"The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech:
The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2011
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on July 24, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Most countries have no debt ceiling."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 18, 2011 in a tweet:
"Since 2000, nearly 12 million Americans have slipped out of the middle class and into poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2011
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
stated on June 24, 2011 in 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"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2011
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on July 17, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The black unemployment rate (has) increased since the recovery has begun."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on July 14, 2011 in a television ad:
"Our country's got this huge debt, and (President Barack) Obama says raise taxes and keep spending more."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2011 in an interview with CBS News:
Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says scientists are "in dispute" over whether being gay is a choice.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"There's no scientific conclusion that (being gay) is genetic."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview with "Newsweek":
Slim Jims "just recently" cost 99 cents but now cost $2.69.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 11, 2011 in a "New York Times" column:
"There are actually half a million fewer government employees now than there were when (President Barack) Obama took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 7, 2011 in a Senate floor speech:
"Fifty-one percent -- that is, a majority of American households -- paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 in a Twitter town hall:
"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 in a Twitter town hall:
"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • July 7, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on July 3, 2011 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Forty percent of union members voted Republican in 2008.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan
stated on July 3, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley":
Housing prices dropped for the 30 months prior to Barack Obama taking office, "and they have stabilized, they've been about flat since the president came in."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 6, 2011
United for a Fair Economy
United for a Fair Economy
stated on June 7, 2011 in a chart:
From 1947 to 1979, family incomes for rich, middle-income and poor Americans grew about the same rate. But since 1979, incomes for rich families have grown much faster.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2011
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