Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 in an advertisement:
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 18, 2011 in a Web ad:
"Unions don’t have to comply with Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 1, 2011 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"The only people in this town that have voted to cut Medicare spending are the people who voted in favor of Obamacare. That’s a fact."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Laura Figueroa • May 10, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina:
On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2011
David Stockman
David Stockman
stated on May 1, 2011 in an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour':
Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 4, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 in an interview with George Stephanopoulos:
On whether the federal debt limit should be raised
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference:
Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on April 18, 2011 in a newspaper column:
"Large majorities" of the public "oppose major changes to Medicare" and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 25, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on April 18, 2011 in a Web ad:
"Seniors will have to find $12,500 for health care because Republicans voted to end Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 20, 2011
Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh
stated on April 17, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Every time we've cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2011
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 10, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
A Republican proposal changes Medicare for those under age 55 so that they will  "participate in the same kind of health plan that members of Congress do."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
"In 2009, we cut state spending in real terms for the first time in 150 years."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 12, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
"Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on April 1, 2011 in a press release:
Says House Republicans rejected a straightforward measure that would prevent members of Congress and the president from being paid during a government shutdown.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 6, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
"From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21 percent. … we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 1, 2011
WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
stated on July 10, 2010 in a news report:
"A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says Planned Parenthood Federation of America cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from 2002 through 2008."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on March 13, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
Federal spending is "all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same is true with Medicare and Medicaid."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on February 24, 2011 in a political advertisement:
"2008: Unions Spent $400 Million to Elect Obama."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 7, 2011 in a speech to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.:
"Any child born prematurely, according to the president, in his own words, can be killed."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 10, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 8, 2011 in in his State of the State speech:
Bing Energy said it decided to move to Florida because of Gov. Rick Scott’s "plan to eliminate the corporate tax."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 9, 2011
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