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National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 28, 2009 in a news release:

"The House Democrats' so-called 'stimulus' has been stuffed with an astonishing $335 million to fund prevention programs of sexually transmitted diseases."

Mostly True

January 29, 2009

John Mica
stated on January 28, 2009 in a comment quoted in the Washington Post.:

Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges.

Mostly True

By Bill Adair • January 28, 2009

Eric Cantor
stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.:

"For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington."

False

January 27, 2009

Eric Cantor
stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.:

The stimulus bill includes "$300,000 for a sculpture garden in Miami."

Pants on Fire!

January 27, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2009 in in a weekly YouTube and radio address:

"Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four."

Half-True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2009

Joe Barton
stated on January 22, 2009 in a statement at a committee meeting.:

Democrats have said that "even one hearing (on the stimulus bill) would be one too many, and that we have a single day to approve these five complex propositions that will affect the lives of millions."

True

January 26, 2009

Eric Cantor
stated on January 21, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.:

Says a Congressional Budget Office report on spending by House Democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it "is just not stimulus. It won't help the economy grow."

False

January 23, 2009

Mitch McConnell
stated on January 4, 2009 in in a news interview:

If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force."

Mostly True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 5, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.:

"In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress."

Mostly False

By Adriel Bettelheim • September 18, 2008

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