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Barack Obama stated on October 02, 2015 in a press conference:
Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years."
By Louis Jacobson• October 6, 2015
Al Sharpton stated on November 12, 2013 in a segment on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation":
Under Obama, the national debt "has been reduced every year for the last five years."
By Katie Sanders• November 14, 2013
Barack Obama stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:
"We are living with a legacy of deficit-spending that began almost a decade ago."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 26, 2011
Jeb Hensarling stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore:
"What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats."
By Robert Farley• January 30, 2010
Barack Obama stated on September 01, 2014 in a speech in Milwaukee:
"We cut our deficits by more than half."
By Dave Umhoefer• September 5, 2014
Tweets stated on July 23, 2019 in a tweet:
"Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion."
By Daniel Funke• July 29, 2019
Janet Yellen stated on July 24, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2022
Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:
"Our trade deficit in goods reached nearly … $800 billion last year alone."
By Lauren Carroll• July 22, 2016
Pat Toomey stated on July 10, 2017 in Morning Joe:
Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare."
By Manuela Tobias• July 12, 2017
Barack Obama stated on January 12, 2016 in the State of the Union address:
We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."
By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2016
Barack Obama stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech at Knox College in Illinois:
Says "our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years."
By Jon Greenberg• July 25, 2013
Mitt Romney stated on October 03, 2012 in a presidential debate:
Says Obama promised to cut the deficit in half.
By Molly Moorhead• October 4, 2012
Joe Biden stated on September 09, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.:
The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 11, 2020
Joe Biden stated on March 07, 2024 in a State of the Union address:
"We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion."
By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2024
Barack Obama stated on March 24, 2009 in in a news conference.:
His proposed budget would "cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term."
By Robert Farley• March 25, 2009
Chris Christie stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."
By Erin O'Neill• October 2, 2011
Matt Mackowiak stated on December 01, 2011 in an opinion column.:
Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.  
By W. Gardner Selby• December 2, 2011
Mitt Romney stated on October 03, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit.
By Louis Jacobson• October 5, 2012
Barack Obama stated on July 02, 2015 in a speech:
"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."
By Tom Kertscher• July 8, 2015
Larry Kudlow stated on June 29, 2018 in an interview with Fox Business Network:
"The deficit ... is coming down, and it’s coming down rapidly."
By Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2018

Articles (465)

Debating the deficit

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 6, 2013

The deficit has fallen under Joe Biden. It’s still higher than before the pandemic.

By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2024

Debt vs. deficit: What’s the difference?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 27, 2014

Differences between the debt and the deficit

By Katie Sanders• November 14, 2013

Deficit ‘prediction’ for infrastructure bill varies widely from estimates

By Tom Kertscher• November 10, 2021

U.S. deficits and the debt in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2018

Will health care reform knock $1 trillion off deficit?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 1, 2010

Does the U.S. have a 'massive' trade deficit with Germany, as Donald Trump said?

By Louis Jacobson• May 30, 2017

Barack Obama urges audience to 'do a fact-check.' We oblige

By Louis Jacobson• February 20, 2015

Truth-O-Meter checks claims on deficit, NJ property taxes

By Caryn Shinske• October 23, 2012

Obama exaggerates role of 'pay as you go' rules

By Bill Adair• May 7, 2009

Jeff Merkley's Social Security claim elicits blasts from both sides: PolitiFact Oregon

By Dana Tims• September 12, 2014

Trade and tariffs in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2018

Boycotting Medicaid expansion puts a small dent in U.S deficits

By Nancy Madsen• April 29, 2014

Ad Watch: GOP accuses Obama of breaking vows to improve economy

By Nancy Madsen• July 27, 2012

Fact-checking the new Crossroads GPS ad

By Sean Gorman• May 21, 2012

The Democrats’ overstated claim that the Inflation Reduction Act curbs debt, inflation

By Louis Jacobson• August 19, 2022

Checking facts on the deficit commission

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• November 16, 2010

McDonnell-Axelrod dust-up beats up a few facts

By Warren Fiske• May 3, 2011

Fact-checking Joe Biden on inflation, the deficit and consumer confidence in the State of the Union

By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2024