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Saxby Chambliss

Saxby Chambliss

Saxby Chambliss, a Republican, is a United States senator from Georgia

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Latest Fact-Checks By Saxby Chambliss

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Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 19, 2013 a debate on the Senate floor
"The recidivism rate is nearly 29 percent and has been climbing steadily since detainees began being released from Guantanamo."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 a hearing
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on September 25, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
With Obamacare, "we're fixing to get hit with the biggest entitlement program the American taxpayers have ever seen."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on June 13, 2013 an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room"
"The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 27, 2012 an interview
Says he has never voted for raising taxes.
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 8, 2012 an interview
"Revenues are 15 percent of GDP — it’s still in the range of the lowest it’s ever been."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 12, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on April 23, 2012 a speech
Each U.S. House member who voted to overhaul Social Security in 1983 was re-elected.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 8, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on April 11, 2012 a speech
The fastest-rising expense in the U.S. Defense Department is health care.
True
By Eric Stirgus • May 2, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on August 2, 2011 a press release
The deal to raise the federal debt limit created the "largest debt ceiling increase in America’s history."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 8, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 28, 2011 a letter to a constituent
Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health care overhaul.
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By Willoughby Mariano • May 4, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 30, 2011 an interview
"When we lower tax rates, we generate more in revenues. That happened in '86 with the Reagan plan, happened in 2001, following the Bush plan."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 29, 2011 an op-ed
Says "an average of $4 billion is added to the national debt" every day.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 11, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Saxby Chambliss

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
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on September 12, 2013 a press release
An average of seven children in America are killed by guns every day.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 18, 2013
Amy Kremer
Amy Kremer
stated on January 3, 2013 an interview
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss votes more with Democrats than with conservatives.
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By Eric Stirgus • January 8, 2013
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