Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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Michele Bachmann says U.S. is No. 1 in the world for energy resources

August 31, 2011

"The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to…

Bob Casey says non-IED deaths in Afghanistan are “very, very rare”

August 30, 2011

In Afghanistan, "it is very, very rare that someone who is killed in action is not killed by an" improvised explosive device, or IED.

Romney says government has grown from 27 percent to 37 percent of U.S. economy

August 12, 2011

Says that under President John F. Kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent."

Jon Huntsman says he enacted a flat tax as Utah governor

August 12, 2011

"We created a flat tax in the state of Utah."

Mitt Romney gets another Pants on Fire for saying we’re ‘inches away’ from not being capitalist any more

August 12, 2011

"We're inches away from no longer having a free economy."

Jim DeMint says the debt-ceiling bill won’t actually cut the national debt

August 8, 2011

The debt-ceiling bill "doesn’t cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years."

Sen. Tom Coburn says government is twice the size it was a decade ago

August 5, 2011

"The government's twice the size it was 10 years ago. It's 30 percent bigger than it was when (Barack) Obama became president."

Raul Labrador says tax hike led to spike in Michigan unemployment

August 4, 2011

Tax increases under Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm led to state unemployment going from 6.8 percent to 15.3 percent.

Jennifer Granholm says massive government cuts in Michigan didn’t spur growth

August 4, 2011

"I cut more as a percentage out of government than any state in the country this past decade. And where is Michigan in terms of…

Harry Reid says 8 million jobs lost during George W. Bush’s years in office

August 3, 2011

There was a "loss of eight million jobs during the Bush eight years."

Barack Obama says debt ceiling deal lowers domestic spending to lowest level since Eisenhower

August 2, 2011

The debt ceiling deal will result in "the lowest level of annual domestic spending since Dwight Eisenhower was president."

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