Dick Armey's file

Dick Armey is the former Republican Leader in the House of Representatives and the current chairman of FreedomWorks, a group that advocates for lower taxes and small government.

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Recent statements about Dick Armey

He paid in -- and got some out

Rick Perry

Says Bill White "didn't pay taxes while earning $133,600 annual salary as deputy secretary of energy."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Recent statements made by Dick Armey

Back-of-envelope? Return to sender

Dick Armey

"At Texas A&M University, only 49 out of 3,000 faculty members brought in enough money to pay for their salaries and overhead over the past five years."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Armey overstates a recent poll

Dick Armey

"Right now the Tea Party polls higher than the Republicans and the Democrats."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, January 25th, 2010

You can't have your cake and eat it, too

Dick Armey

"If you're over 65 years old in America today, you have no choice but to be in Medicare. Even if you want out of Medicare, you have to forfeit your Social Security to get out of it."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, August 24th, 2009

Recent stories featuring Dick Armey

Ron Paul's belly ache, two Texas Pants-on-Fires

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, bellied up to a Half True claim in the first pre-2012 GOP presidential debate last week. In our fact checks, we rated a pair of other Texans’ statements Pants on Fire.

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