Latest Fact-Checks In Stimulus

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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 in a speech at the City Club of Cleveland:
"Since February 2009, the private sector has lost millions of jobs while the federal government has grown by hundreds of thousands of workers."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 24, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2010 in a press release:
"Taxpayer money will provide iPod Touch devices to high school students in Utah, BlackBerry smart phones to smokers who kick the habit and funding for a study of exotic ants in East Africa."
Mostly True
August 24, 2010
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
stated on August 14, 2010 in a newspaper interview:
"Roy Barnes is part of the team that has run up trillions of dollars in debt that Americans will spend years paying off, and they've done it without creating one job."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 24, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 in a news release:
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 6, 2010 in the "Rachel Maddow Show":
"We know that tax cuts are remarkably un-stimulative when you compare them with different kinds of government spending."
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • August 12, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 8, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"There's still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don't we stop it."
False
August 10, 2010
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on August 2, 2010 in a press release:
Georgia has lost more than 124,000 jobs and the unemployment rate has increased since the stimulus passed
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 5, 2010
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on July 12, 2010 in an online forum on ProJo.com:
"The Congressional Budget Office estimates that for every $1 we spend on unemployment benefits, $1.90 is put into our economy."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 30, 2010 in a news release:
Since the Democrats’ stimulus went into effect last year, Ohio has lost about 150,000 Jobs.
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • July 28, 2010
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview:
"For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60."
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • July 27, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 in a speech to the Texas Democratic Party convention in Corpus Christi:
"Rick Perry accepted more stimulus funds than any other governor except the governors of California and New York."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 18, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher."
Mostly False
July 13, 2010
Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press:
"The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."
Half-True
April 16, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 22, 2010 in in a fundraising E-mail.:
"The path to ObamaCare becoming law all started with Charlie Crist supporting President Obama's $787 billion stimulus."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • April 7, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 28, 2010 in a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday:
"Since that famous day in February where the governor campaigned with Barack Obama on behalf of the stimulus program, 211,000 Floridians have lost their jobs."
True
March 28, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 17, 2010 in an interview with Fox News:
"Charlie Crist was the only prominent Republican in the country to campaign with Barack Obama before the stimulus passed, on behalf of the stimulus."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 2, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 17, 2010 in a Facebook post:
"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"
False
By Catharine Richert • February 23, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 17, 2010 in a press release:
The stimulus includes "$219,000 to study the sex lives of female college freshmen."
Half-True
February 19, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 17, 2010 in a press release:
"$100,000 in stimulus funds (were) used for a Martini Bar and Brazilian Steakhouse."
Mostly True
February 19, 2010
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