Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Showing 1465-1476 of 2176 items

Barack Obama touts record high border agents, lowest immigration from Mexico in 40 years

October 17, 2012
Says his administration put more border patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border than at "any time in history, and the flow of undocumented workers across…
Read More

Barack Obama says his administration has created 5 million jobs

October 17, 2012
Says his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone."
Read More

Barack Obama says Mitt Romney called the Arizona immigration law a ‘model for the nation.’

October 17, 2012
Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."
Read More

Mitt Romney says ‘oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land’

October 17, 2012
"Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land."
Read More

Joe Biden says Paul Ryan cut embassy security by $300 million

October 16, 2012
Paul Ryan "cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for."
Read More

Barack Obama says economists’ studies don’t back up Mitt Romney’s tax promises

October 15, 2012
Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between…
Read More

Paul Ryan says Canada now has 15 percent corporate tax rate

October 12, 2012
"The Canadians — they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25 percent."
Read More

Paul Ryan says Obama administration called Bashar Assad ‘a reformer’

October 12, 2012
The Obama administration "called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people."
Read More

Joe Biden says Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan would ‘eliminate the guarantee of Medicare.’

October 12, 2012
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would "eliminate the guarantee of Medicare."
Read More

Pro-Israel group attacks Rep. Lois Capps for casting only ‘no’ vote

October 11, 2012
"When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no."
Read More

Mitt Romney ad says under Barack Obama, there are 450,000 more unemployed women

October 10, 2012
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
Read More

Ad says Barack ‘Obama’s spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt.’

October 9, 2012
President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
Read More
Showing 1465-1476 of 2176 items