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Search results for "190 billion could have funded Head Start for 15 years"

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Fact-checks (25138)

Bloggers stated on March 08, 2021 in a post on Trending Politics:
“Schumer and Pelosi sneak funding into COVID bill.”
By Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2021
Americans for Prosperity stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."
By Becky Bowers• May 3, 2012
Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2023 in a speech in New York:
"The Republican plan would cut federal law enforcement officers — 30,000 — including 11,000 FBI agents, 2,000 border agents, DEA agents, and so on."
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• May 18, 2023
Rick Scott stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
"My recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 10, 2012
J.B. Powell stated on September 09, 2010 in a news release:
Horse racing could boost Georgia's economy by $1 billion a year and create 10,000 to 20,000 jobs.
By Eric Stirgus• September 17, 2010
Rich Golick stated on March 03, 2015 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story:
Uber and other ride-share firms are not required to carry auto insurance under Georgia law. 
By April Hunt• March 20, 2015
Wisconsin Assembly GOP stated on May 07, 2021 in Twitter:
“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
By Haley BeMiller• May 18, 2021
Sherrod Brown stated on August 02, 2011 in a television interview:
Says that Wall Street hedge fund managers "pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in Parma or a school teacher in Cleveland."
By Tom Feran• August 22, 2011
Nathan Deal stated on January 14, 2015 in State of the State address:
Since Gov. Nathan Deal office in 2011, the state’s rainy day fund has grown by 643 percent.
By Nancy Badertscher• January 27, 2015
Ted Cruz stated on July 30, 2013 in a Senate floor colloquy:
Obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and Mount Rushmore could be built 1,547 times over "with the paperwork."
By Andra Lim• September 3, 2013
Jim Renacci stated on December 21, 2012 in a newspaper column:
Obamacare includes "a $63 charge every American will begin paying (in 2013) as a way to cover some of the increased costs associated with providing health insurance to those with pre-existing conditions." 
By Sabrina Eaton• January 10, 2013
AFSCME People stated on September 23, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Marco Rubio "voted to slash school funding by billions of dollars and would eliminate the Department of Education."
By Amy Sherman• September 27, 2016
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on October 14, 2014 in a television ad:
Says David Perdue wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, which would cost Georgia schools $1 billion a year and eliminate millions in student loans.
By April Hunt• October 22, 2014
JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:
The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
By Amy Sherman• November 3, 2025
Winning Our Future stated on January 10, 2012 in the online video "King of Bain":
Mitt Romney is worth "at least a quarter billion dollars" and the bulk of his wealth "remains in blind trusts and overseas bank accounts."
By Molly Moorhead• January 13, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on January 15, 2014 in in a Web campaign ad:
Alex Sink "used a taxpayer-funded plane so she could get to a vacation in the Bahamas."
By Joshua Gillin• January 17, 2014
Mallard Fillmore stated on February 09, 2013 in a syndicated cartoon:
Comic strip says government study shows Head Start "has little or no impact on the children it’s supposed to help."
By Sue Owen• February 26, 2013
Chris Van Hollen stated on April 10, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The Republicans have demanded deep cuts in education. They've demanded cuts in cancer research and other research to find cures and treatments to diseases."
By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2011
Mary Matalin stated on July 15, 2012 in comments on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has these offshore accounts" like Mitt Romney.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 18, 2012
Don Francis stated on October 28, 2015 in an interview with Watchdog.org:
Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.
By Nancy Badertscher• November 2, 2015

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Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 9, 2023

Cruz paperwork claim about Obamacare draws on flawed research, assumptions

By W. Gardner Selby• September 3, 2013

Fact-checking more claims about the sequester

By Amy Sherman• May 14, 2013

Fact-checking more claims about the sequester

By Amy Sherman• May 13, 2013

Some claims held water. Others needed to be flushed.

By Willoughby Mariano• April 10, 2011

Top claims about the federal government shutdown

By Amy Sherman• October 4, 2013

Obama's campaign promises: An update

By Louis Jacobson• December 16, 2009

Line by line: How an ad uses sleight-of-hand to distort facts on stimulus

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

TV ad claims stimulus ships tax dollars overseas

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

What the federal infrastructure bill means for water systems nationwide

By Jon Greenberg• September 2, 2022

Education attacks have played a key role in governor’s race

By Joshua Gillin, Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• August 19, 2014

PolitiFact Sheet: What you need to know about Proposition 123

By Anthony Cave• May 9, 2016

A Democrat, a Libertarian and a Green walk into a room...

By • October 20, 2010

No easy pricetag for Iraq war

By John Frank• September 20, 2007

Medicare in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Jon Greenberg• September 11, 2018

Ebola vaccine research and NIH funding cuts: reviewing the numbers

By Lauren Carroll• October 17, 2014

Fact-checking Gov. Scott Walker's new book

By Tom Kertscher, Dave Umhoefer• November 18, 2013

The PolitiFact guide to Medicare attack lines

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 9, 2012

Promises to jump-start the economy

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 15, 2009

Statements about the budget shortfall fall short

By • January 11, 2011