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Statements we say are Half-True
Jay Carney

Jay Carney

Half-True

The proposal as seen through rose-colored glasses

"Who will raising the minimum wage actually help? … More than half work full-time. The average worker is 35 years old."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

It's hard to pin down one number

"More than 3 million young adults ... have gained insurance under (the Affordable Care Act) by staying on their family’s plan."

Organizing for Action

Organizing for Action

Half-True

There was booze, but no bribes

A Koch brothers group is "going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance."

Chris Chocola

Chris Chocola

Half-True

He did cast that vote, but helped secure funding later

Says Sen. Thad Cochran "voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina."

Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer

Half-True

Only 14 percent don't take the pill for pregnancy prevention

"Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Comparisons are tough

"Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record."

Janet Murguía

Janet Murguía

Half-True

Maybe by the end of his term

"We’re at the point of reaching 2 million deportations ... this is a historic level, more than any other president of the United States."

Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel

Half-True

Obama signed defense cuts into law twice

"It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this."

National Republican Congressional Committee

National Republican Congressional Committee

Half-True

The numbers on but intent is off

Obamacare includes a "$700 billion cut from Medicare for seniors."

National Republican Congressional Committee

National Republican Congressional Committee

Half-True

Losing plans or just switching?

"300,000 Floridians will lose their current health plans" because of Obamacare, a plan Alex Sink supports.

Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken

Half-True

General tune is right; vote number is not

Says Rep. Renee Ellmers voted for the government shutdown 21 times.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

There is another way

"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress."

Tom Harkin

Tom Harkin

Half-True

Diagnosis: Unclear

Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Half-True

It was not a typical month for 2013

"Last month, more Americans stopped looking for a job than found one."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Not if you measure cuts by percentage

"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Half-True

Saying all people in Russia are "equal" is a stretch

In Russia "all people are absolutely equal regardless of their religion, sex, ethnicity, or sexual orientation," while "70 countries of the world have criminal liability for homosexuality."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Uses an unofficial poverty measure

"Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."

Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee

Half-True

Readers caught a wrong number

"The latest Quinnipiac poll found that nearly six-in-ten Americans oppose ObamaCare -- 30% support the law and 57% oppose it."

Generation Opportunity

Generation Opportunity

Half-True

Even those concerned say "thousands" a strech

"Obamacare could force thousands of volunteer fire stations to cut service or close entirely!"

Heritage Foundation

Heritage Foundation

Half-True

Right on paper, but an oversimplification in practice

"FACT: Repealing Obamacare would be easier than repealing Prohibition."

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