Latest Fact-checks in Stimulus 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 National Republican Congressional Committee stated on January 28, 2009 in a news release: "The House Democrats' so-called 'stimulus' has been stuffed with an astonishing $335 million to fund prevention programs of sexually transmitted diseases." John Mica stated on January 28, 2009 in a comment quoted in the Washington Post.: Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges. Eric Cantor stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: "For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington." Eric Cantor stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: The stimulus bill includes "$300,000 for a sculpture garden in Miami." Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2009 in in a weekly YouTube and radio address: "Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four." Joe Barton stated on January 22, 2009 in a statement at a committee meeting.: Democrats have said that "even one hearing (on the stimulus bill) would be one too many, and that we have a single day to approve these five complex propositions that will affect the lives of millions." Eric Cantor stated on January 21, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: Says a Congressional Budget Office report on spending by House Democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it "is just not stimulus. It won't help the economy grow." Mitch McConnell stated on January 4, 2009 in in a news interview: If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress."
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National Republican Congressional Committee stated on January 28, 2009 in a news release: "The House Democrats' so-called 'stimulus' has been stuffed with an astonishing $335 million to fund prevention programs of sexually transmitted diseases." John Mica stated on January 28, 2009 in a comment quoted in the Washington Post.: Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges. Eric Cantor stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: "For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington." Eric Cantor stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: The stimulus bill includes "$300,000 for a sculpture garden in Miami." Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2009 in in a weekly YouTube and radio address: "Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four." Joe Barton stated on January 22, 2009 in a statement at a committee meeting.: Democrats have said that "even one hearing (on the stimulus bill) would be one too many, and that we have a single day to approve these five complex propositions that will affect the lives of millions." Eric Cantor stated on January 21, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: Says a Congressional Budget Office report on spending by House Democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it "is just not stimulus. It won't help the economy grow." Mitch McConnell stated on January 4, 2009 in in a news interview: If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress."
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on January 28, 2009 in a news release: "The House Democrats' so-called 'stimulus' has been stuffed with an astonishing $335 million to fund prevention programs of sexually transmitted diseases."
John Mica stated on January 28, 2009 in a comment quoted in the Washington Post.: Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges.
Eric Cantor stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: "For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington."
Eric Cantor stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: The stimulus bill includes "$300,000 for a sculpture garden in Miami."
Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2009 in in a weekly YouTube and radio address: "Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four."
Joe Barton stated on January 22, 2009 in a statement at a committee meeting.: Democrats have said that "even one hearing (on the stimulus bill) would be one too many, and that we have a single day to approve these five complex propositions that will affect the lives of millions."
Eric Cantor stated on January 21, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.: Says a Congressional Budget Office report on spending by House Democrats in the economic stimulus concluded it "is just not stimulus. It won't help the economy grow."
Mitch McConnell stated on January 4, 2009 in in a news interview: If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force."
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress."
