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Johnny Isakson

Johnny Isakson

Johnny Isakson, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Georgia

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Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on February 2, 2015 an Associated Press news story
"When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem."
Mostly True
By April Hunt • February 27, 2015
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on November 21, 2014 press release
Georgia has the country’s second highest number of fraudulent tax refund claims.  
Half-True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 14, 2014
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech
Fifty-three percent of graduates from liberal arts colleges these days can’t find jobs.
False
By Nancy Badertscher • January 7, 2014
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on September 13, 2013 a statement
On support for a military strike on Syria
Half Flip
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • September 13, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on May 21, 2013 an interview
Corporate tax holidays pushed by Presidents John F. Kennedy and George W. Bush brought "billions" of dollars back into the United States.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 18, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on April 5, 2013 an interview
"The port provides more than 297,000 jobs directly to the state of Georgia."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 6, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on April 9, 2013
On allowing a vote on universal gun background checks in the U.S. Senate.
No Flip
By Eric Stirgus • April 26, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 12, 2012 an article
"One industry in America has increased its employment base in the last four years by 176,000 people: the United States government."
True
By Eric Stirgus • October 26, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech
The Keystone oil pipeline "would employ 20,000 people in the United States."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 11, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on January 26, 2012 a press release
The "Democrat majority in the Senate has failed to submit [a] budget in the past 1,000 days."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 14, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 19, 2011 a press release
"The average homeowner spends more than $2,000 each year on energy costs – more than on either real estate taxes or homeowners insurance."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 7, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on August 23, 2011 a speech before the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce
The premiums on Medicare’s prescription drug program have fallen almost every year since it began.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 13, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 15, 2011 a YouTube.com video
"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 1, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 11, 2011 a Twitter post
"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 23, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on January 24, 2011 a speech
If you tried to pay out $1 trillion by handing it out at $1 per second, it would take more than 31,000 years.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 9, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on July 28, 2010 a guest column in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Allowing all Bush income tax cuts to expire on Dec. 31 "will amount to the largest tax increase in the history of America."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 8, 2010
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Latest Fact-Checks About Johnny Isakson

Jim Barksdale
Jim Barksdale
stated on September 29, 2016 a campaign video
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted for a trade agreement, "with China costing Georgia 93,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Ariella Phillips • October 15, 2016
Allen Buckley
Allen Buckley
stated on July 13, 2016 a campaign statement
"U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has voted for $7 trillion of our national debt!"
Mostly True
By Jim Tharpe • August 10, 2016
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on January 14, 2014 a press release
"Sens. Isakson’s, Chambliss’ Votes Against Unemployment Insurance Were Votes to Kill Nearly 6,000 Georgia Jobs."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2014
Chuck Donovan
Chuck Donovan
stated on September 17, 2010 a blog on his campaign website
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson "has never proposed, nor voted in favor of, a substantial cut in federal spending" and has voted for "many substantial increases in federal spending."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • October 1, 2010
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on July 28, 2010 a guest column in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Allowing all Bush income tax cuts to expire on Dec. 31 "will amount to the largest tax increase in the history of America."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 8, 2010
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