Fact Check Posts – Page 12

John Boehner
stated on June 8, 2009 in a press release.:

Says Vice President Joe Biden "admits that the American people are being scammed" with the economic stimulus package.

By Catharine Richert • June 8, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2009 in a speech:

In the 100 days since its passage, the economic stimulus has "saved or created nearly 150,000 jobs."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 29, 2009

Mark Sanford
stated on April 30, 2009 in a commentary piece:

"Our government has now 'spent, lent, or committed' $12.8 trillion in its attempt to blunt the recession."

May 15, 2009

Conservatives for Patients' Rights
stated on April 27, 2009 in a television ad:

The economic stimulus bill created a council that's "modeled after the national board that controls Britain’s health system."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 11, 2009

Americans United for Change
stated on March 9, 2009 in a cable TV ad:

Republican leaders said "no" to "tax cuts for 95% of working Americans."

March 10, 2009

Bobby Jindal
stated on February 24, 2009 in the Republican response to Obama's speech to Congress:

The stimulus bill includes "$8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland."

By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2009 in a bill signing ceremony in Denver.:

"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."

By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009

Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:

Says former Clinton budget director Alice Rivlin said the stimulus bill "won't actually stimulate the economy."

By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009

Bobby Jindal
stated on February 22, 2009 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":

Louisiana is turning down $100 million "that would require us to change our unemployment law, that would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 24, 2009

Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:

"The Congressional Budget Office has found that (the stimulus) bill will lead to a real 0.1 to 0.3 percent reduction in gross domestic product by 2019."

By Bill Adair • February 23, 2009

Mike Pence
stated on February 12, 2009 in a statement on Fox News Channel.:

The stimulus has "$30 million in there to protect mice in San Francisco."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 13, 2009

Jim DeMint
stated on February 5, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor.:

There is a provision in the economic stimulus plan that means that "students cannot meet together in their dorms, if that dorm has been repaired with this federal money, and have a prayer group or a Bible study."

February 13, 2009

Michael Steele
stated on January 31, 2009 in a speech to House Republicans:

"You and I know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government — federal, state, local, or otherwise — has never created one job."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 10, 2009

Pat Roberts
stated on February 5, 2009 in remarks made in the Senate:

The Congressional Budget Office "estimates that only 15 percent of this stimulus package will be spent in 2009" and only 37 percent in 2010.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on February 3, 2009 in interview with CBS News:

On attacks by Republicans that various programs in the economic stimulus plan are not stimulative, "If you add all that stuff up, it accounts for less than 1 percent of the overall package."

February 9, 2009

Mike Pence
stated on February 3, 2009 in a speech:

The stimulus bill contains "$20 million for the removal of small to medium-sized fish passage barriers" and "$25 million to rehabilitate off-roading trails for ATVs."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2009

Robert Gibbs
stated on February 2, 2009 in a comment at the daily White House press briefing.:

"There are no earmarks" in the stimulus bill.

By Bill Adair • February 4, 2009

Jon Kyl
stated on February 1, 2009 in in a Fox News interview.:

The Senate version of the economic stimulus package includes "millions of dollars to World War II Filipino veterans in the Philippines."

February 3, 2009

Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2009 in appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation":

To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, "if you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn’t have spent $1 trillion."

February 3, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2009 in a news conference:

"There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jump-start the economy."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 30, 2009

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