Statements about Stimulus

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Mostly False

Underplays the law's actual achievements

Trump

"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

Mostly False

It wasn't perfect, but it did a lot

Bolling

"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

Mostly True

Portman called it lousy in 2009

Strickland

Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio."

— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Half-True

Repeating the most favorable number

Kaine

Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 4th, 2016

Half-True

Yeah, but kind of misleading

Turzai

"Each [Corbett administration] budget finished in the black."

— PolitiFact Pennsylvania on Wednesday, July 13th, 2016