Fact Check Posts – Page 37

Donald Trump
stated on December 27, 2017 in an event in West Palm Beach:

"We have signed more legislation than anybody. We broke the record of Harry Truman."

By Louis Jacobson • December 29, 2017

Jenna Fischer
stated on December 23, 2017 in a tweet:

After enactment of the Republican tax bill, "school teachers can no longer deduct the cost of their classroom supplies on their taxes."

By Louis Jacobson • December 27, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on December 21, 2017 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":

In April, "the vast majority will be (filling out their taxes) on a single postcard."

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2017

Carlos Curbelo
stated on December 10, 2017 in a television interview:

The House tax bill has "a lot more permanent relief for middle-income and even lower-income families" than the Senate bill does.

By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2017

Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 8, 2017 in a statement released by her office:

"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working families."

By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2017 in a rally in Pensacola, Fla.:

"Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."

By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2017

Gregg Jarrett
stated on December 6, 2017 in an interview on "Hannity":

"The FBI has become America's secret police … like the old KGB."

By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 in a cabinet meeting:

"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."

By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 in remarks at the White House:

The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."

By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 in a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:

Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 in a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:

"For years, they have not been able to get tax cuts -- many, many years, since Reagan."

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017

Kevin Brady
stated on November 26, 2017 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:

In the House Republican bill, "70 percent of the tax relief goes to those families making less than 200,000."

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017

Tim Scott
stated on November 26, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"If you don't pay income taxes ... you'll have more money" under the Republican tax plan.

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2017

Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 20, 2017 in an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group:

Under the Republican tax bill, President Donald Trump "and his family would walk off with more than a billion dollars personally."

By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2017

John Larson
stated on November 10, 2017 in a House Ways and Means Committee markup:

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee weren’t "even entitled to bring an expert witness on any aspect of the tax code that affects 100 percent of our economy."

By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2017

Steve Mnuchin
stated on November 19, 2017 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"On the personal tax side, middle-income people are getting cuts and rich people are getting very little cuts or, in certain cases, increases" under the Republican tax bills.

By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2017

Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 14, 2017 in a tweet:

Congressional Republicans "want to take health care from millions of Americans in order to pay for" a tax bill.

By Dan Clark, Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2017

Amanda Carpenter
stated on November 13, 2017 in a CNN roundtable:

"There are ‘sore loser’ laws that would bar Luther Strange from pursuing a seat" because he already lost the Alabama Republican Senate runoff to Roy Moore.

By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2017

Richard Durbin
stated on November 12, 2017 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

The Republican tax bill is "not being scored by the Congressional Budget Office, as it is traditionally."

By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2017

American Action Network
stated on November 7, 2017 in an ad:

Says the Republican tax plan "helps families" like one in which a woman lost her job and then lost her life savings fighting her husband’s cancer.

By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2017

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