Fact Check Posts – Page 115

Barack Obama says this year has been the best start for private-sector job creation since 1999

By Louis Jacobson

August 2, 2013

"This year, we're off to our best private-sector jobs growth since 1999."

Marco Rubio says union for IRS workers is ‘begging’ to be let out of Obamacare

By Louis Jacobson

August 1, 2013

"Even the employees’ union for the IRS -- the very people in charge of enforcing this law -- are begging to be let out from…

Barack Obama says minimum wage pays less now than when Ronald Reagan was sworn in

By Louis Jacobson

July 31, 2013

The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office."

Are 90 million Americans not working or not looking for work?

By Louis Jacobson

July 30, 2013

Ninety million Americans either aren’t working or aren’t looking for work.

CNN’s Don Lemon says more than 72 percent of African-American births are out of wedlock

By Louis Jacobson

July 29, 2013

"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."

John Boehner says Barack Obama has promised veto unless sequestration cuts are eliminated

By Louis Jacobson

July 29, 2013

President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated."

Barack Obama says businesses have created nearly twice as many jobs in current recovery as in previous recovery

By Louis Jacobson

July 26, 2013

"Our businesses have created nearly twice as many jobs in this recovery as they had at the same point in the last recovery, when there…

Barack Obama says top 1 percent saw incomes quadruple, while typical family saw theirs barely budge

By Louis Jacobson

July 25, 2013

"The income of the top 1 percent nearly quadrupled from 1979 to 2007, but the typical family’s incomes barely budged."

Newt Gingrich says gangs have increased by 40 percent since Barack Obama was elected

By Louis Jacobson

July 24, 2013

"Gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected."

Michele Bachmann says Barack Obama can use executive order to give voting rights to illegal immigrants legalized under Senate bill

By Louis Jacobson

July 23, 2013

"The president … by executive order" could grant voting rights to illegal immigrants who are newly legalized under pending legislation.

Rand Paul says Gallup poll found 70 percent of Egyptians opposed to U.S. aid

By Louis Jacobson

July 11, 2013

"There was a Gallup poll in Egypt last year, and 70 percent of Egyptians don't want our money."

Allen West says more Americans receive food aid than work in the private sector

By Louis Jacobson

July 10, 2013

"More Americans receive food aid than work in (the) private sector."

Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Barack Obama says this year has been the best start for private-sector job creation since 1999

Marco Rubio says union for IRS workers is ‘begging’ to be let out of Obamacare

Barack Obama says minimum wage pays less now than when Ronald Reagan was sworn in

Are 90 million Americans not working or not looking for work?

CNN’s Don Lemon says more than 72 percent of African-American births are out of wedlock

John Boehner says Barack Obama has promised veto unless sequestration cuts are eliminated

Barack Obama says businesses have created nearly twice as many jobs in current recovery as in previous recovery

Barack Obama says top 1 percent saw incomes quadruple, while typical family saw theirs barely budge

Newt Gingrich says gangs have increased by 40 percent since Barack Obama was elected

Michele Bachmann says Barack Obama can use executive order to give voting rights to illegal immigrants legalized under Senate bill

Rand Paul says Gallup poll found 70 percent of Egyptians opposed to U.S. aid

Allen West says more Americans receive food aid than work in the private sector