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Bill Pascrell

Bill Pascrell

Bill Pascrell is Democratic member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey.

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Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on December 31, 2012 an interview on WOR-AM
Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 13, 2013
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on July 18, 2012 an interview on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal
Says President Barack Obama "has not raised taxes."
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By Erin O'Neill • July 22, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on May 3, 2012 an interview on WOR 710-AM's "The John Gambling Show"
"New Jersey has the largest transit system in the entire country."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 17, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on March 19, 2012 a news release
Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • March 29, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on March 3, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
"Ninety percent of the people who work in this country work for companies under 100 people, maybe even less than that."
False
By Bill Wichert • March 21, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on February 1, 2012 a speech on the House floor
Says "sixty-two percent of small businesses over the last five years went under because they couldn't pay their health care bills."
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By Bill Wichert • February 24, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on November 16, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"We haven't had any legislation which took away one gun in the past 20 years from anybody in this country--not one." 
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • January 9, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on September 2, 2011 interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show
Says 600,000 to 700,000 government workers have been laid off in the last year and a half
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • September 12, 2011
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on July 28, 2009 a speech on the House floor
"As many as 22,000 Americans die each year because they don’t have health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on July 28, 2009 a speech on the House floor
"53 percent of Americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2009
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on July 28, 2009 a speech on the House floor
Forty-five percent of Americans went without needed care because of costs in 2007.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2009
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Latest Fact-Checks About Bill Pascrell

National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 14, 2012 a news release
Says Reps. Rush Holt, Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell are "willing to jeopardize seniors’ access to coverage by gutting $741 billion from Medicare" to pay for a "big-government healthcare takeover."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • August 19, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on May 8, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • May 14, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on April 18, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • April 30, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on March 16, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says Congressman Bill Pascrell "voted to remove the public option from the Affordable Health Care Act."
False
By Bill Wichert • March 28, 2012
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