Latest Fact-Checks In Stimulus

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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 30, 2010 in a news release:
Since the Democrats’ stimulus went into effect last year, Ohio has lost about 150,000 Jobs.
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By Mark Naymik • July 28, 2010
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview:
"For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60."
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By Lukas Pleva • July 27, 2010
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press:
"The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."
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April 16, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 17, 2010 in an interview with Fox News:
"Charlie Crist was the only prominent Republican in the country to campaign with Barack Obama before the stimulus passed, on behalf of the stimulus."
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By Aaron Sharockman • March 2, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 17, 2010 in a press release:
The stimulus includes "$219,000 to study the sex lives of female college freshmen."
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February 19, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 19, 2010 in a press release:
The stimulus includes "$7 million to build a bridge in Thedford, Nebraska, to help 168 residents avoid a 30-second wait at a local train crossing. Not one full-time job will be created."
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February 19, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2010 in an address at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building:
"So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 4, 2010 in a press conference:
The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 in an address at the Tea Party convention :
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
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February 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address:
"Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."
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January 28, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on January 10, 2010 in the Washington Post:
The Obama administration "raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush's last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years."
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January 15, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 9, 2009 in a speech:
"We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."
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December 14, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on December 8, 2009 in a speech on the House floor:
"To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."
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December 8, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 1, 2009 in Fox News Sunday:
"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."
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November 3, 2009
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on August 2, 2009 in on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
A former Clinton administration official and other economists agree that "if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2009 in his weekly radio address:
The stimulus "has delivered $43 billion in tax relief to American working families and businesses"
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By Catharine Richert • July 22, 2009
Robert Bennett
Robert Bennett
stated on July 15, 2009 in a news release.:
The Obama administration has spent millions of taxpayer dollars for roadside signs to tout the economic stimulus.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2009
Bobby Jindal
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."
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By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009
Barack Obama
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."
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February 9, 2009
Jon Kyl
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."
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February 3, 2009
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