Underplays the law's actual achievements
"There was a very large infrastructure bill that was approved during the Obama administration, a trillion dollars. Nobody ever saw anything being built."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, April 4th, 2017
It wasn't perfect, but it did a lot
"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."
— PunditFact on Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
Portman called it lousy in 2009
Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, October 20th, 2016
Repeating the most favorable number
Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
Yeah, but kind of misleading
"Each [Corbett administration] budget finished in the black."
— PolitiFact Pennsylvania on Wednesday, July 13th, 2016