Statements we say are Barely True
"We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival."
"President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."
"Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections."
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
Members of Congress passed a pay raise for themselves of $10,000 over two years even as they voted not to raise Social Security benefits for 2010 and 2011.
Chile ranks third internationally in economic freedom, while the U.S. ranks 17th.
"A number of the national publications have put this race in a tossup race between Democrats and Republicans. They don't know who's going to win this race."
"Americans admire Glenn Beck more than they admire the pope."
"In Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson ... got a $25 billion to $30 billion carve-out for Medicare Advantage patients in their state."
"In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there."
"We're going to have more troops (in Afghanistan) . . . than the Russians had."
Under the Democratic health plan, families "will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care."
"Ninety-eight percent of the American people will not see their taxes go up" due to the House health care bill.
"Although Democrats represent only 10 of Florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60 percent of the stimulus funds."
The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'
52 jobs have been saved or created in Florida's 34th Congressional District.
A small business receiving a federal tax credit "to provide health care for its employees ... would be barred under the Stupak Amendment from allowing their employees to use ... the health care that they offer them for abortion."
"The Stupak Amendment doesn't just say you can't use your federal insurance subsidy to pay for an abortion, it says, if you're getting a federal subsidy of any kind, you're not allowed to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion even with your own money."
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