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Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on February 9, 2011 in a House floor speech:
The U.S. gives foreign aid to Cuba and Venezuela, even though those countries are our enemies.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2011
Robin Wright
Robin Wright
stated on March 20, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
The coalition of Arab states against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 18, 2011 in a private briefing to Members of Congress:
"The Congressional Budget Office has this economic model where they measure the economy going forward, and they are now telling us that the entire economy crashes in the year 2037 because their computer simulation can't conceive of any way in which the U.S. economy can continue."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2011
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on March 13, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
"Twenty percent of our electricity currently comes from nuclear power plants. I think there are 104 in the United States, two of them around the coast in California."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2011 in a press conference:
"Oil production from federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico reached an all-time high" in 2010.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2011 in a press conference:
"Last year, American oil production reached its highest level since 2003."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2011
Fred Upton
Fred Upton
stated on March 8, 2011 in a letter to fellow Members of Congress:
A bill that would halt the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases would help "stop rising gas prices."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 4, 2011 in a post on his PAC's website:
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
John McCain
John McCain
stated on March 6, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Says iPads and iPhones "are built in the United States of America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 6, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Secretly, unbeknownst to members of Congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the Obamacare legislation."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2011
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on March 2, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
Says Justice Elena Kagan recused herself in "many cases where she had little role" as solicitor general, simply because of the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2011
Matt Miller
Matt Miller
stated on February 24, 2011 in a column in the Washington Post:
Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget "roadmap … doesn't balance the budget until the 2060s and … adds an unthinkable $62 trillion to the national debt between now and then."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 24, 2011 in on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":
"The right-to-work states have much lower level of unemployment than the union states do."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2011 in a press conference:
If there’s a government shutdown, "people don’t get their Social Security checks."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 21, 2011 in in a Facebook post:
The five states that outlaw collective bargaining for teachers all rank below 44th in the nation in test scores, while Wisconsin ranks 2nd.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 22, 2011 in a speech in Cleveland, Ohio:
The president’s proposed budget "will help reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade to the lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 14, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business News:
The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 13, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
The Obama administration "actually cut out the democracy in Egypt funds inside the State Department."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 15, 2011 in a press conference:
"Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2011
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