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Search results for "Senate Republicans push bill to authorize 400 million for White House ballroom"

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Fact-checks (21861)

Marcy Kaptur stated on May 05, 2026 in an X post:
Republicans “want you to pay $1 Billion for a ballroom.”
By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2026
Hakeem Jeffries stated on October 23, 2025 in an X post:
“The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care.
By Louis Jacobson• October 24, 2025
Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
A new White House ballroom “won't interfere with the current building.”
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2025
Dolores Gresham stated on July 16, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:
"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.
By Richard Locker• August 12, 2012
Jay Sekulow stated on January 22, 2020 in the Senate impeachment trial:
Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the  fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone."
By Jon Greenberg• January 28, 2020
Kendrick Meek stated on July 29, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Jeff Greene can buy anything" ...  he owns two mansions.
By Aaron Sharockman• July 30, 2010
Social Media stated on April 26, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows “unedited raw security footage” of the shooter at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
By Maria Briceño• April 29, 2026
Lloyd Doggett stated on January 26, 2015 in oped commentary:
The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress.
By W. Gardner Selby• February 18, 2015
Graham Platner stated on June 09, 2026 in a primary night speech:
Sen. Susan Collins votes “with Donald Trump 95% of the time.”
By Amy Sherman• June 10, 2026
John Boehner stated on March 03, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":
"There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester."
By Molly Moorhead• March 4, 2013
Mitt Romney stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
"I went to the Olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance."
By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2012
Andrew Cuomo stated on November 14, 2017 in a tweet:
Congressional Republicans "want to take health care from millions of Americans in order to pay for" a tax bill.
By Dan Clark, Louis Jacobson• November 16, 2017
Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2018 in a campaign rally in Wisconsin:
"Democrats oppose any effort to secure our border."
By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2018
Val Demings stated on January 29, 2020 in the impeachment trial:
“All of the aid has not arrived” to Ukraine.
By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2020
Bernie Sanders stated on July 14, 2018 in a speech:
"The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people."
By Tom Kertscher• July 19, 2018
John Carter stated on August 31, 2009 in a column by the Texas Republican on the Web site of the Christian Coalition of America:
"The Obama Administration's own White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated 4.7 million Americans will lose their jobs if the (health care) bill passes."
By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2009
Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says "Pelosi blackmails Congress! She demands mail-in voting or no 2nd stimulus for you and your family.”
By Emily Venezky• August 7, 2020
Republican Party of Florida stated on July 25, 2013 in a newspaper ad:
Rick Scott  "invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonville's vital Mile Point Project," which "covered missing federal funds for the project."
By Katie Sanders• July 26, 2013
Bob Good stated on November 04, 2021 in a radio interview.:
“The infrastructure bill itself is only 10% true infrastructure.”
By Warren Fiske, Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2021
Ronald Brownstein stated on January 23, 2018 in a CNN interview:
"They found 60 votes in the Senate in 2006 and 2013" for immigration legislation, and "each time the House Republican majority refused to take it up."
By Miriam Valverde• January 26, 2018

Articles (7619)

Column: Why a correspondents’ dinner at a White House ballroom could endanger press freedom

By Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2026

White House construction: How Donald Trump’s ballroom compares with Barack Obama’s renovations

By Maria Briceño• October 31, 2025

Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 28, 2026

Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment was about redistricting, not a call to violence

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2026

What’s in the revamped pandemic and stimulus bill now in the Senate?

By Jon Greenberg• March 5, 2021

They flipped. They flopped. We wrote.

By Willoughby Mariano• October 3, 2010

The U.S. aid to Ukraine that Donald Trump froze, in one chart

By John Kruzel• October 7, 2019

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2020

How would an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump work?

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 24, 2019

Obama's campaign promises: An update

By Louis Jacobson• December 16, 2009

Fact-checking the Senate GOP health care bill

By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2017

Build Back Better tax break in play for some millionaires

By Nina Baker• November 23, 2021

Fact-checking Amy Klobuchar in Waterloo, Iowa

By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2020

Donald Trump said he's done more for African Americans than any president. Historians disagree

By Louis Jacobson• August 1, 2019

That's a lot of weatherstripping

By Robert Farley• February 18, 2009

A look at some familiar attacks from recycled ads

By James B. Nelson• April 1, 2012

What’s in Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan?

By Louis Jacobson• January 15, 2021

Deficit ‘prediction’ for infrastructure bill varies widely from estimates

By Tom Kertscher• November 10, 2021

Ahead of Donald Trump's Wisconsin visit, his record as president on the meter

By Tom Kertscher• April 17, 2017

Checking Dan Patrick's talking points after 2017 regular session

By W. Gardner Selby• June 5, 2017