Latest Fact-Checks By Sean Gorman

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George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate:
"I was one of about a dozen (senators) who voted against the Bridge to Nowhere."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 27, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate.:
George Allen cast "the deciding vote" for the 2003 Bush tax cuts.
False
By Sean Gorman • December 17, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 14, 2011 in a news conference.:
The U.S. economy "is three times as big as China's."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • December 5, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on November 10, 2011 in a TV ad:
"(Stimulus money) went to critically important projects like studying ants in Africa."
True
By Sean Gorman • November 21, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on November 10, 2011 in a TV ad:
Stimulus money went to "office upgrades for politicians."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 19, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 31, 2011 in a news release.:
George Allen's flat tax "plan would actually shrink revenues further than the Perry (flat tax) plan."
False
By Sean Gorman • November 15, 2011
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 4, 2011 in a TV interview.:
"Ronald Reagan raised the national debt 18 times."
True
By Sean Gorman • November 12, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on October 12, 2011 in a web ad.:
"1.53 million jobs are at risk (from potential defense cuts)."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 29, 2011
Edd Houck
Edd Houck
stated on September 29, 2011 in a TV ad.:
"Bryce Reeves chaired a group bankrolled by a New York billionaire who fired hundreds of Virginia workers and sent their jobs to China."
False
By Sean Gorman • October 12, 2011
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on September 3, 2011 in a speech.:
Thomas Jefferson expressed "strong support" for a balanced budget amendment in 1798.
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 9, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on August 22, 2011 in campaign literature.:
Takes credit for "substantially reducing the size of the state workforce."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 3, 2011
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on August 1, 2011 in a news release.:
"The estimated savings of this (debt ceiling) deal only pay for half of the cost of extending all of the Bush-era tax cuts for another decade."
True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 29, 2011
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on August 5, 2011 in a web video:
Virginia has made "no progress on jobs" since Bob McDonnell took office.
False
By Sean Gorman • August 18, 2011
Ken Plum
Ken Plum
stated on August 3, 2011 in a newspaper column.:
Virginia has a responsibility to fund 55 percent of public education and is paying just 41 percent.
False
By Sean Gorman • August 12, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on July 25, 2011 in an opinion column. :
"As a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. This figure is low by all historical standards."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • August 5, 2011
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on July 14, 2011 in a letter.:
(Rep. Bob Goodlatte's) balanced budget amendment does not require a balanced budget.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • August 1, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on July 13, 2011 in a TV interviews:
Virginia state employees "pay nothing" toward their pensions.
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • July 21, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on July 13, 2011 in a TV interview.:
Ninety percent of the job growth in Virginia has been in the private sector.
True
By Sean Gorman • July 18, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on July 2, 2011 in a TV interview.:
"China owns more of our bonds than do Americans."
False
By Sean Gorman • July 8, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on June 14, 2011 in a statement.:
"The Federal Register - which houses all Washington regulations - is 34,000 pages in length and weighs in at more than 340 pounds."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • July 1, 2011
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