Latest Fact-Checks In Stimulus

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National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"Michael Bennet cast the deciding vote" for the stimulus and the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2010
Robert Hurt
Robert Hurt
stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV ad:
Says Tom Perriello voted "to give tax breaks to foreign companies creating jobs in China."
False
By Michael Martz • October 25, 2010
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 16, 2010 in campaign debates:
"In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal stimulus program
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 23, 2010
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 8, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says Republican Reid Ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his "roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects."
Half-True
By Cary Spivak • October 20, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says Russ Feingold supported a stimulus plan that allowed a company to create 3,000 jobs in China.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 19, 2010
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on October 5, 2010 in a TV campaign commercial:
Said U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Macon, sent nearly $2 billion overseas to build wind turbines and create jobs, mostly in China
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 19, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 3, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says Steve Kagen "promised us jobs, voting for the $787 billion stimulus. Cost: another 77,000 jobs lost."
Pants on Fire!
October 14, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 6, 2010 in a television campaign ad:
Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."
True
By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 5, 2010 in a newspaper ad:
Says "the Texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nation's as a whole."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 7, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 22, 2010 in an election ad:
Says Lee Fisher "wanted a $1.1 billion tax increase which could have driven countless jobs out of state."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 20, 2010 in a campaign ad:
Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., "voted for the pork-filled stimulus bill -- $1.9 million to study ants in Africa, $39 million for office upgrades for politicians."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2010
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on September 17, 2010 in a press release.:
"Over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 27, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on September 23, 2010 in a campaign ad:
Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2010
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on September 7, 2010 in a radio interview:
A $300 million stimulus allocation to Wisconsin "has led to the creation of tens of thousands of jobs in every corner of this state."
False
September 26, 2010
Jim Huffman
Jim Huffman
stated on September 17, 2010 in a television/web ad:
Says Ron Wyden spent $2 million "to study exotic ants."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 24, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 3, 2010 in a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee:
"The stimulus has not created one private sector job."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 17, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 25, 2010 in a posting on Facebook:
Says a "Pro-Stimulus economist admits it is not working … "
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Higgs • September 16, 2010
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people."
False
September 13, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 3, 2010 in a report:
Federal stimulus money went to a Georgia Tech project that will "apparently involve the professor jamming with 'world-renowned musicians' to 'hopefully also create satisfying works of art.'"  
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 13, 2010
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
stated on August 23, 2010 in an opinion column in "The Washington Examiner":
"Obama’s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva, Martha M. Hamilton • August 25, 2010
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