Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Obama says deficit is falling at the fastest rate in 60 years

July 25, 2013

Says "our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years."

Barack Obama says millions benefit from insurance company rebates

July 24, 2013

Says last year "13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging…

Obama has had 1,540 nominations confirmed and only 4 defeated, says McConnell

July 22, 2013

"The president has had 1,540 of his nominations confirmed, only four defeated."

Barack Obama is getting his nominees confirmed faster than President George W. Bush was at the same time in his second term, says Mitch McConnell

July 18, 2013

Says Barack Obama is getting his nominees confirmed "faster than President (George W.) Bush was at the same time in his second term."

AFP ad says premiums will rise under Obamacare

July 16, 2013

Says health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare.

Jeb Bush says Canada issues more than 150,000 high-skilled visas, compared to 65,000 by the U.S.

July 10, 2013

Says "Canada has one-tenth of our population—yet it issues far more high-skilled visas (more than 150,000) yearly than we do (65,000)."

Senate bill says to undocumented immigrants: pay taxes but claim no public benefits

July 8, 2013

Says under the Senate immigration bill, newly legalized immigrants will "pay every tax possible, but you don’t get a single benefit" for 10 years.

Senate bill has immediate legalization but border security that’s ‘designed never to come into being,’ says Cruz

June 27, 2013

The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never…

Can a convicted felon run for Congress from jail?

June 25, 2013

Says he can be on the ballot for Congress while serving time in jail.

Food stamp cuts would deny aid to millions and deny school lunch aid to thousands, says Barbara Lee

June 21, 2013

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."

Biden: Since Newtown, more American gun deaths than soldiers lost in Afghanistan

June 20, 2013

"Since Newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in Afghanistan."

Jeb Bush says immigrants are ‘more fertile’

June 18, 2013

"Immigrants are more fertile."

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