Latest Fact-checks in Federal Budget Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Edward Markey stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee: "Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties." Steny Hoyer stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The Republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06." John Boehner stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era." George LeMieux stated on June 4, 2010 in a meeting with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.: "There's more than 100,000 people working at the Department of Agriculture. That's 1 employee for every 30 farmers." Steve Poizner stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare." Mary Landrieu stated on May 11, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues. Vern Buchanan stated on April 27, 2010 in in a web video.: "In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times." Darrell Issa stated on May 4, 2010 in an interview with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC: Royalties for oil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS." Ann Kirkpatrick stated on April 28, 2010 in a speech on the House floor: Members of Congress "have not reduced their salaries ... since the Great Depression," meaning they've gone "eight decades without a pay cut." Paul Ryan stated on March 31, 2010 in a speech to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs: In 2004, "20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving almost 40 percent." Democratic National Committee stated on April 7, 2010 in a press release.: "The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act is the largest-ever investment in higher education." Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America." Richard Shelby stated on March 25, 2010 in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: "The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any purpose that the treasury secretary sees fit." Steve Cohen stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press: "The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history." Mark Kirk stated on March 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House: "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the IRS would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the American people and impose the new taxes and mandates" of the health care bill. John Boehner stated on March 24, 2010 in an op-ed in the Des Moines Register: "Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years." Nancy Pelosi stated on March 18, 2010 in a press release: The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years." Jim DeMint stated on March 10, 2010 in a message on Twitter: "House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks." George LeMieux stated on March 8, 2010 in Miami Herald editorial board interview: "If we just froze spending at 2007 levels ... by 2013 we would balance the budget ... and by 2020 we would cut the national debt in half." Alan Grayson stated on March 3, 2010 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live: Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush." Rick Perry stated on March 2, 2010 in a speech: "Washington cannot hide from the fact that Congress hiked the national debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. They cannot hide from the fact . . . that the budget that they’re going forward with has more than a $5 trillion in debt in it over the next five years." Hillary Clinton stated on February 25, 2010 in a hearing before Congress: In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt." Joe Biden stated on February 14, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid." Glenn Beck stated on February 8, 2010 in a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program': Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent. Nancy Pelosi stated on February 4, 2010 in a press conference: The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it." Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in an address at the Tea Party convention : "One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects." Barack Obama stated on February 2, 2010 in a town meeting in New Hampshire: Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings." Barack Obama stated on February 1, 2010 in remarks on the budget: "We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival." Mitch McConnell stated on May 12, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy. Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
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Edward Markey stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee: "Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties." Steny Hoyer stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The Republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06." John Boehner stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era." George LeMieux stated on June 4, 2010 in a meeting with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.: "There's more than 100,000 people working at the Department of Agriculture. That's 1 employee for every 30 farmers." Steve Poizner stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare." Mary Landrieu stated on May 11, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues. Vern Buchanan stated on April 27, 2010 in in a web video.: "In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times." Darrell Issa stated on May 4, 2010 in an interview with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC: Royalties for oil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS." Ann Kirkpatrick stated on April 28, 2010 in a speech on the House floor: Members of Congress "have not reduced their salaries ... since the Great Depression," meaning they've gone "eight decades without a pay cut." Paul Ryan stated on March 31, 2010 in a speech to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs: In 2004, "20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving almost 40 percent." Democratic National Committee stated on April 7, 2010 in a press release.: "The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act is the largest-ever investment in higher education." Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America." Richard Shelby stated on March 25, 2010 in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: "The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any purpose that the treasury secretary sees fit." Steve Cohen stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press: "The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history." Mark Kirk stated on March 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House: "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the IRS would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the American people and impose the new taxes and mandates" of the health care bill. John Boehner stated on March 24, 2010 in an op-ed in the Des Moines Register: "Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years." Nancy Pelosi stated on March 18, 2010 in a press release: The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years." Jim DeMint stated on March 10, 2010 in a message on Twitter: "House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks." George LeMieux stated on March 8, 2010 in Miami Herald editorial board interview: "If we just froze spending at 2007 levels ... by 2013 we would balance the budget ... and by 2020 we would cut the national debt in half." Alan Grayson stated on March 3, 2010 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live: Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush." Rick Perry stated on March 2, 2010 in a speech: "Washington cannot hide from the fact that Congress hiked the national debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. They cannot hide from the fact . . . that the budget that they’re going forward with has more than a $5 trillion in debt in it over the next five years." Hillary Clinton stated on February 25, 2010 in a hearing before Congress: In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt." Joe Biden stated on February 14, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid." Glenn Beck stated on February 8, 2010 in a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program': Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent. Nancy Pelosi stated on February 4, 2010 in a press conference: The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it." Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in an address at the Tea Party convention : "One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects." Barack Obama stated on February 2, 2010 in a town meeting in New Hampshire: Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings." Barack Obama stated on February 1, 2010 in remarks on the budget: "We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival." Mitch McConnell stated on May 12, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy. Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
Edward Markey stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee: "Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
Steny Hoyer stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The Republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06."
John Boehner stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era."
George LeMieux stated on June 4, 2010 in a meeting with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.: "There's more than 100,000 people working at the Department of Agriculture. That's 1 employee for every 30 farmers."
Steve Poizner stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
Mary Landrieu stated on May 11, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues.
Vern Buchanan stated on April 27, 2010 in in a web video.: "In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times."
Darrell Issa stated on May 4, 2010 in an interview with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC: Royalties for oil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS."
Ann Kirkpatrick stated on April 28, 2010 in a speech on the House floor: Members of Congress "have not reduced their salaries ... since the Great Depression," meaning they've gone "eight decades without a pay cut."
Paul Ryan stated on March 31, 2010 in a speech to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs: In 2004, "20 percent of U.S. households were getting about 75 percent of their income from the federal government. ... Another 20 percent were receiving almost 40 percent."
Democratic National Committee stated on April 7, 2010 in a press release.: "The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act is the largest-ever investment in higher education."
Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America."
Richard Shelby stated on March 25, 2010 in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: "The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any purpose that the treasury secretary sees fit."
Steve Cohen stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press: "The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."
Mark Kirk stated on March 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House: "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the IRS would need to hire over 16,000 people ... to audit the American people and impose the new taxes and mandates" of the health care bill.
John Boehner stated on March 24, 2010 in an op-ed in the Des Moines Register: "Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years."
Nancy Pelosi stated on March 18, 2010 in a press release: The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years."
Jim DeMint stated on March 10, 2010 in a message on Twitter: "House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks."
George LeMieux stated on March 8, 2010 in Miami Herald editorial board interview: "If we just froze spending at 2007 levels ... by 2013 we would balance the budget ... and by 2020 we would cut the national debt in half."
Alan Grayson stated on March 3, 2010 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live: Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
Rick Perry stated on March 2, 2010 in a speech: "Washington cannot hide from the fact that Congress hiked the national debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. They cannot hide from the fact . . . that the budget that they’re going forward with has more than a $5 trillion in debt in it over the next five years."
Hillary Clinton stated on February 25, 2010 in a hearing before Congress: In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt."
Joe Biden stated on February 14, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid."
Glenn Beck stated on February 8, 2010 in a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program': Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent.
Nancy Pelosi stated on February 4, 2010 in a press conference: The House passed a pay-as-you-go rule that said, "If you wanted to have an investment, an entitlement, etc., you had to pay for it."
Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in an address at the Tea Party convention : "One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
Barack Obama stated on February 2, 2010 in a town meeting in New Hampshire: Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
Barack Obama stated on February 1, 2010 in remarks on the budget: "We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival."
Mitch McConnell stated on May 12, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy.
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
