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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview with President Barack Obama:
Tells President Barack Obama that he also asked former President George W. Bush about how he felt about Americans hating him.
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2011
Americans Against Food Taxes
Americans Against Food Taxes
stated on February 6, 2011 a television commercial:
"Some politicians … want to put new taxes on a lot of groceries."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on January 18, 2011 an interview on "Face to Face with Jon Ralston":
Nevada will be "energy independent within the immediate future."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2011
Blake Farenthold
Blake Farenthold
stated on January 23, 2011 an op-ed:
"Despite claims that you can 'keep the health care plan you like,' the Obama Administration has predicted that as many as 7 out of 10 Americans with employer-provided health coverage could lose their current health plan."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 a tweet during the State of the Union address:
Says government is a barrier to innovation and development.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 27, 2011 a Senate Tea Party Caucus meeting:
Says President Barack Obama revealed in his State of the Union address that he "now is against earmarks."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a rebuttal to the State of the Union address:
"While the government grew, we lost more than 2 million jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a rebuttal to the State of the Union address:
The federal government "may put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address:
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
True
By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address:
The United States has "one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address:
"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address:
"Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known ... corporate profits are up."  
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on January 23, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Poll results from the past 35 years show that State of the Union speeches "do not move" presidential approval numbers.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2011
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 15, 2010 a press release:
The financial regulatory bill "will kill jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on January 18, 2011 comments on the House floor:
Between 2000 and 2006,  "health insurance company profits quadrupled."  
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 19, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on January 18, 2011 comments on the House floor:
"Between the year 2000 and 2006, (insurance) premiums in this country doubled."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 19, 2011
Newsmax
Newsmax
stated on January 14, 2011 an e-mail solicitation:
"The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach costs taxpayers $146 million annually."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on January 11, 2011 an interview on MSNBC:
"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2011
Pierre Thomas
Pierre Thomas
stated on January 9, 2011 a report on ABC News' "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Saturday's shootings reflect a disturbing trend. Mass shootings have become commonplace since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. There have been dozens of incidents where three or more people have been fatally wounded. Hundreds have died."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2011
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on January 4, 2011 a news release:
In preparing a rules package for the 112th Congress, the GOP had no discussions with Democrats.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2011
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