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Search results for "Trump admin has made it worse by jacking up loan payments by hundreds of dollars a month"

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Americans for Prosperity stated on November 02, 2011 in a TV ad:
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
By Becky Bowers• November 15, 2011
Jim Lamon stated on January 26, 2022 in an ad:
The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
By Tom Kertscher• January 26, 2022
Joe Biden stated on October 23, 2022 in a forum with Now This:
Student loan forgiveness is “passed. I got it passed by a vote or two. And it’s in effect.”
By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2022
Frank Guinta stated on August 21, 2012 in a television ad, “Future.”:
$50,000. That's what every child owes today because Washington politicians have run up a huge spending tab and left our kids the bill."
By Jake Berry• September 12, 2012
Jack Kingston stated on July 01, 2014 in an ad:
"Perdue mismanaged Pillowtex, and nearly 8,000 people got laid off."
By April Hunt• July 16, 2014
Wendy Davis stated on December 30, 2013 in a press release:
Payday lenders profit "from the poor by charging 1,000-plus" percent "interest."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 8, 2014
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.:
John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 16, 2008
Bob Cole stated on March 31, 2014 in morning radio show on KOKE-FM:
Capital Metro originally said MetroRail's yearly operating costs would be "about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate."
By Sue Owen• April 24, 2014
Dale Kooyenga stated on January 20, 2016 in a radio interview:
"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."
By Tom Kertscher• January 27, 2016
Jack Reed stated on May 01, 2014 in Senate floor speeches and during a news conference:
The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 22, 2014
American Future Fund stated on August 09, 2012 in an advertisement:
Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."
By Louis Jacobson• August 14, 2012
Karl Racine stated on June 12, 2017 in a press conference:
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose government has important business and policy before the president of the United States, has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump International Hotel."
By Smitha Rajan• June 19, 2017
Rick Perry stated on July 19, 2010 in a Perry website:
Says Bill White "profiteered in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• August 9, 2010
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
Newt Gingrich stated on June 13, 2011 in at a meeting arranged by the Small Business Caucus at the Kimball Jenkins House in Concord, N.H.:
Says the new Dodd-Frank financial law requires a 20 percent down payment to buy a house.
By Jon Greenberg• July 21, 2011
Gus Bilirakis stated on January 02, 2014 in a Bay News 9 interview:
Under a proposed bill, a $100,000 home’s flood insurance premium would be "maybe $200 or $300 annually."
By Joshua Gillin• January 7, 2014
Tom Price stated on May 10, 2017 in press conference about opioid addiction:
"I think if you look at the entire federal government and the president’s commitment to (fighting opioid addiction), you’ll see that there are actually hundreds of millions of dollars increase on this issue."
By Ella Nilsen• May 26, 2017
Gina Raimondo stated on May 29, 2013 in an interview with WJAR-TV:
"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 6, 2013
Facebook posts stated on January 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The missiles that were launched at American forces in Iraq from Iran, were funded by Barack Obama, with American tax dollars."
By Bill McCarthy• January 10, 2020
Barack Obama stated on January 07, 2015 in a speech in Detroit:
"The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in."
By Steve Contorno• January 22, 2015

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By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• August 14, 2020

Fact-checking Democrats’ talking points about Affordable Care Act subsidies

By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2025

Donald Trump’s executive action on student loans, explained

By Sophie Austin• August 11, 2020

Biden, so far, has signed fewer executive orders than Trump

By Ranjan Jindal• July 5, 2024

Unpacking the home mortgage plans

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 26, 2008

On student loan forgiveness, Joe Biden has many options

By Jon Greenberg• May 6, 2022

Trump proposed $2,000 payments for Americans from tariff dividends. Would that work?

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 10, 2025

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By Samantha Putterman, Miriam Valverde• August 21, 2020

Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments?

By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2025

Trump DOJ dismissal of Epstein ‘client list’ fuels MAGA division. Here’s a guide to the controversy.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2025

Bill Clinton's night at the Democratic convention

By Molly Moorhead• September 6, 2012

Donald Trump and hush money: Is it legal? Is it any worse than jaywalking?

By Jon Greenberg• August 23, 2018

The Senate stimulus bill: What’s in it for you

By Louis Jacobson• March 26, 2020

How big is America’s household debt burden today? Overall, not so bad

By Louis Jacobson• December 27, 2019

Who is Jack Smith, special counsel for Trump classified documents, 2020 election indictments?

By Amy Sherman• August 1, 2023

TV ad claims stimulus ships tax dollars overseas

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

No rating reached on claim about Adan Ballesteros and "cocaine blood money"

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby• June 25, 2012

Cuccinelli and McAuliffe fared poorly on the Truth-O-Meter

By Warren Fiske• November 4, 2013

Fact-checking Donald Trump's Tim Kaine attack on 'Meet the Press'

By Lauren Carroll, Warren Fiske, Katie Sanders• July 24, 2016