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Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson
stated on December 1, 2009 in a Washington Post column:
The "post-Soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that Europe is able to claim."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • December 9, 2009
John Murtha
John Murtha
stated on December 2, 2009 in the show 'Hardball With Chris Matthews':
"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • December 4, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on December 1, 2009 in a floor speech:
The Senate health care bill does not contain limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.
True
By Catharine Richert • December 2, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 24, 2009 in a widely circulated e-mail:
"The Congressional Budget Office -- supposedly non-partisan -- estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four (from cap and trade) will be $6,800 per year."  
False
By Catharine Richert • November 27, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 23, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
Under the cap-and-trade bill, homes would have to be retrofitted to meet energy and water efficiency standards before they could be sold.
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 23, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 19, 2009 in the House GOP Web site:
Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."
False
By Catharine Richert • November 21, 2009
America's Natural Gas Alliance
America's Natural Gas Alliance
stated on November 18, 2009 in a television ad:
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 18, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 in her book "Going Rogue":
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 17, 2009 in her book "Going Rogue":
Obama has admitted a cap and trade plan would cause electricity bills to "skyrocket."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • November 17, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 13, 2009 in an e-mail circulated to many people.:
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on November 9, 2009 in the 'Rachel Maddow Show':
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 2, 2009 in a comment on his television show:
Guantanamo Bay detainees will get the H1N1 vaccine.
True
By Catharine Richert • November 11, 2009
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 2, 2009 in a Webcast:
"Mitt Romney ... gave you government health care that is now bankrupting the state" of Massachusetts.
False
By Catharine Richert • November 10, 2009
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on November 7, 2009 in a statement on the House floor:
Women pay 48 percent more for health insurance.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • November 9, 2009
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 30, 2009 in an interview on Sean Hannity's show on the Fox News Channel.:
Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."  
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 3, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on October 27, 2009 in 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann':
Sen. Joe Lieberman's "home state has a public option which covers about 10,000 of its citizens that was introduced by its Republican governor."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • November 2, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 28, 2009
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on October 22, 2009 in CNN's Situation Room program:
"For the last decade the climate has been cooling."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 27, 2009
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2009 in a Fox News interview:
"Usually it's about $900 a month to get health coverage. (Florida's program has) reduced that, on average, to about $150 a month."
False
By Catharine Richert • October 23, 2009
The Freedom Project
The Freedom Project
stated on October 19, 2009 in a press release:
"Democrats rang up a $1.42 trillion budget deficit in 2009 — the single largest in American history."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • October 22, 2009
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