Stimulus Scorecard true 0% 16 Checks mostly true 0% 35 Checks half true 0% 61 Checks mostly false 0% 59 Checks false 0% 51 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 24 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Stimulus Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2022 in a post on Facebook: A $5,000 stimulus loan is available. By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 6, 2023 Club for Growth Action stated on October 21, 2022 in an ad: Catherine Cortez Masto "was the deciding vote” to send COVID-19 stimulus checks to more than 1 million prisoners. October 27, 2022 National Republican Congressional Committee stated on October 4, 2022 in a TV ad.: Abigail Spanberger supported “nearly $1 billion in stimulus checks for prisoners, including domestic terrorists.” By Warren Fiske • October 18, 2022 Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2022 in a post: "President Biden confirm(ed) everyone will receive their $1k gas checks this week!!" June 14, 2022 National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on April 25, 2022 in an ad: Sen. Mark Kelly voted “for benefits to illegals.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 2, 2022 Jane Timken stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad: Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing." By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2022 Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post: The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits. By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 3, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: $2,000 stimulus checks were due on Jan. 19. By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 3, 2022 Terry McAuliffe stated on August 23, 2021 in a TV ad.: Glenn Youngkin “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary.’” By Warren Fiske • September 1, 2021 David Suetterlein stated on August 9, 2021 in a floor speech.: The General Assembly gave Gov. Ralph Northam “a $1 billion blank check.” By Warren Fiske • August 16, 2021 Bobby Scott stated on July 12, 2021 in a tweet.: “Every Republican in Congress voted to defund the police when they voted against the American Rescue Plan.” By Warren Fiske • July 22, 2021 Facebook posts stated on May 7, 2021 in Facebook posts: “Montana is canceling unemployment because of a workforce shortage.” May 12, 2021 Nicole Malliotakis stated on March 8, 2021 in a Tweet: "If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do." By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 19, 2021 Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Donald J. Trump’s signature is on the new stimulus checks.” March 16, 2021 Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 in a tweet: The COVID economic relief package “included $600 million for San Francisco, part of which goes to cover the tab for free alcohol and marijuana for the homeless." By Jon Greenberg • March 16, 2021 Bloggers stated on March 8, 2021 in a post on Trending Politics: “Schumer and Pelosi sneak funding into COVID bill.” By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2021 Tom Cotton stated on March 6, 2021 in a tweet: “Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.” By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021 Marco Rubio stated on March 6, 2021 in a tweet: In rejecting his amendment, “Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.” By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021 Rick Scott stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News: The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.” By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2021 Ted Budd stated on February 24, 2021 in a speech: “There’s about 9% of (the American Rescue Plan) actually going to COVID, meaning 91% of it is not even COVID-related.” By Jon Greenberg, Paul Specht • March 1, 2021 Load More Latest Articles Social media is overridden with scams about a payment from the government. This one is legitimate. By Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2025 The COVID-19 relief package: Where the money goes By Jon Greenberg • March 19, 2021 What’s in the revamped pandemic and stimulus bill now in the Senate? By Jon Greenberg • March 5, 2021 Latest promises about Stimulus Barack Obama Raise the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009 Stimulus raised the expensing limit | September 16, 2009 Latest promises about Stimulus
Barack Obama Raise the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009 Stimulus raised the expensing limit | September 16, 2009
