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Statements about Federal Budget
Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Sequester offers little flexibility

If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

Some discretion in cutting, but not much

The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."

Josh Mandel

Josh Mandel

Mostly True

A projection, not a certainty

Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."

Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson

Mostly True

Plenty of cuts, but growth overall

"Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. We’re trying to reduce the rate of growth in government."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Grabbing credit before its proven

"Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of (Medicare’s) health care costs."

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

Full Flop

A big change after the election

On his definition of "takers" and "makers"

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Half-True

Obama opposes the cuts

Military spending cuts, known as the sequester, were President Barack Obama’s idea.

Cory Booker

Cory Booker

True

Leader of the pack

Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined."

Earl Blumenauer

Earl Blumenauer

True

More than just peanuts; cutting crop subsidies could save $$$$

Says ending the direct payment farm subsidy program "could save up to $28.4 billion over ten years that could be used to reduce the deficit."

Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Half-True

One small step for deficit reduction?

Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."

J.D. Van Brink

J.D. Van Brink

Mostly True

This land is your land

The federal government owns 30 percent of the land in the 50 states, or about 650 million acres.

Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Doggett

Half-True

Flawed fiscal flashback

"The last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country’s bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery."

Hank Johnson

Hank Johnson

Mostly False

Not entirely on the money

Social Security has nothing to do with the federal deficit.

Scott Walker

Scott Walker

Half-True

A story half told

"Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."

Tom Price

Tom Price

Half-True

Price isn't quite right

The fiscal cliff deal "increased spending."

Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan

True

Claim on the money, starting with No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3

Seven of America’s 10 wealthiest counties are in the Washington, D.C., area.

Bill Pascrell

Bill Pascrell

Mostly True

Lowest in about 60 years

Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years."

Tom Price

Tom Price

Half-True

Kinda yes, kinda no

The fiscal cliff deal "ultimately raised taxes."

Amy Kremer

Amy Kremer

False

Too liberal on this criticism

U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss votes more with Democrats than with conservatives.

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Half-True

Spinning on Social Security

"Report that #GOP insisting on changes to Social Security as part of #fiscalcliff false. BTW those changes are supported by @barackobama."

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