Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Stephen Nodine
Stephen Nodine
stated on June 21, 2013 in statements to the media:
Says he can be on the ballot for Congress while serving time in jail.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2013
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
stated on June 17, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC:
Proposed cuts in the House farm bill mean "2 million less people on food stamps, 210,000 children will not receive school lunches or breakfasts."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2013
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 18, 2013 in a tweet from Barack Obama's Twitter feed:
"Since Newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in Afghanistan."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 14, 2013 in a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference:
"Immigrants are more fertile."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2013
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2013
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on June 9, 2013 in a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week":
Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."
True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on June 9, 2013 in an interview on Face the Nation:
The problem of unwanted sexual contacts in the military "is not just a woman's issue. More than half of the victims are men."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 11, 2013
Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin
stated on June 4, 2013 in a House Ways and Means hearing:
"There was no surge in 501(c)(4) applications in 2010."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2013
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on June 4, 2013 in a House Ways and Means hearing:
"During the Bush administration, liberal groups were targeted" by the IRS, similar to recent targeting.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 6, 2013
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on May 19, 2013 in a comment on 'Meet the Press':
"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2013
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on March 26, 2013 in in a press release:
Preventive care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has already "helped Granite Staters save money and live healthier lives." 
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 26, 2012 in a mailer to voters:
Says "Romney supported a law that could have made most common forms of birth control illegal."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2012
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video:
Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in the final debate:
Says Mitt Romney was clear that he "would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in the Florida U.S. Senate debate:
Says Connie Mack voted to redefine "rape" as "forcible rape."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 in the Florida U.S. Senate debate:
Says Bill Nelson voted to cut $700 billion out of Medicare to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2012
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