Fact Check Posts – Page 135

Rick Santorum says defense spending has fallen since 1958 as percent of federal budget

By Louis Jacobson

February 23, 2012

"When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."

Rick Santorum says you can’t “name one time in the last 20 years that the French stood by us with anything”

By Louis Jacobson

February 22, 2012

Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.

In “Rombo” ad, Rick Santorum says Mitt Romney adviser equated Massachusetts health care law with Obama’s

By Louis Jacobson

February 16, 2012

"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."

U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad attacking Tim Kaine says health care law ‘will kill jobs across America’

By Louis Jacobson

February 15, 2012

"Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America."

White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew says budget requires 60 votes in Senate

By Louis Jacobson

February 13, 2012

"You can't pass a budget in the Senate of the United States without 60 votes."

Barack Obama says preventive care ‘saves money’

By Louis Jacobson

February 10, 2012

"Preventive care … saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody."

Mitt Romney says Barack Obama is “shrinking our military”

By Louis Jacobson

February 8, 2012

"President Obama is shrinking our military."

Mitt Romney says a broader measure of national unemployment exceeds 15 percent

By Louis Jacobson

February 8, 2012

"If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15…

Did Newt Gingrich pay a $300,000 ethics fine back in the 1990s?

By Angie Drobnic Holan , Louis Jacobson

February 7, 2012

Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."

In “Debbie-Spend-It-Now” ad, Pete Hoekstra errs on unemployment rate statistic

By Louis Jacobson

February 6, 2012

"Since ObamaCare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has increased."

Viral Internet story says Mitt Romney helped locate missing teen daughter of Bain Capital partner

By Louis Jacobson

January 30, 2012

In July 1996, Mitt Romney helped locate the missing teenage daughter of a partner at Bain Capital.

Newt Gingrich says students today ‘take more years to get through’ college

By Louis Jacobson

January 30, 2012

Students today "take more years to get through" college.

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Rick Santorum says defense spending has fallen since 1958 as percent of federal budget

Rick Santorum says you can’t “name one time in the last 20 years that the French stood by us with anything”

In “Rombo” ad, Rick Santorum says Mitt Romney adviser equated Massachusetts health care law with Obama’s

U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad attacking Tim Kaine says health care law ‘will kill jobs across America’

White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew says budget requires 60 votes in Senate

Barack Obama says preventive care ‘saves money’

Mitt Romney says Barack Obama is “shrinking our military”

Mitt Romney says a broader measure of national unemployment exceeds 15 percent

Did Newt Gingrich pay a $300,000 ethics fine back in the 1990s?

In “Debbie-Spend-It-Now” ad, Pete Hoekstra errs on unemployment rate statistic

Viral Internet story says Mitt Romney helped locate missing teen daughter of Bain Capital partner

Newt Gingrich says students today ‘take more years to get through’ college