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Latest Fact-Checks In Stimulus

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National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 4, 2022 in a TV ad.:
Abigail Spanberger supported “nearly $1 billion in stimulus checks for prisoners, including domestic terrorists.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 18, 2022
Jane Timken
stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Joe Biden’s spending “has sent prices skyrocketing.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 7, 2021 in Facebook posts:
“Montana is canceling unemployment because of a workforce shortage.”
Half-True
By Noah Y. Kim • May 12, 2021
Marco Rubio
stated on March 6, 2021 in a tweet:
In rejecting his amendment, “Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Ted Budd
stated on February 24, 2021 in a speech:
“There’s about 9% of (the American Rescue Plan) actually going to COVID, meaning 91% of it is not even COVID-related.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, Paul Specht • March 1, 2021
Thom Tillis
stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet:
“Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • July 17, 2020
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created “15 million new jobs.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Mike Turzai
stated on June 15, 2016 in an op-ed for PennLive:
“Each [Corbett administration] budget finished in the black.”
Half-True
By Cassie Owens • July 13, 2016
Barack Obama
stated on June 20, 2016 in a statement:
“As governor, in the face of partisan attacks, (Charlie Crist) had the courage to save jobs and lead his state into economic recovery.”
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2016
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 19, 2012 in an election flier :
“Since President Obama took office, over 88,000 Ohio workers have lost their jobs.”
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 20, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 18, 2012 in a web post:
Says U.S. Rep. John Barrow “left taxpayers on the hook for $950k study on genetic makeup of ants.”
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 18, 2012
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in his Democratic National Convention speech:
The stimulus program “cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people.”
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
Mark Neumann
stated on July 17, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate opponent Eric Hovde “supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail”  and “billions more to bail out banks.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 3, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on July 10, 2012 in a town hall in Grand Junction, Colo.:
The Obama administration “has been outsourcing” by sending money to “solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the United States.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Chain email
stated on March 23, 2012 in a message via the Internet:
“Having an entirely Democrat congressional delegation in 2009, when the [federal stimulus] bill passed, increases the per capita stimulus dollars that the state receives per person by $460.”
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2012
Barack Obama
stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”:
“(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans.”
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
stated on January 6, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
“Since the passage of Obama’s stimulus package, over 1 million additional jobs were lost and nearly 25 million Americans are out of work, are stuck in part-time work, or have given up looking.”  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 11, 2012
Steve Southerland
stated on December 5, 2011 in in direct mail:
“The fact is, over 2.4 million jobs have been lost since the ‘Stimulus’ bill was signed into law in February of 2009.”
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • December 21, 2011
Greg Walden
stated on November 30, 2011 in his website:
Says the federal stimulus program was ineffective because “the number of jobs has actually decreased by 18,300 through July 2011.”
Half-True
By Charles Pope • November 30, 2011
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech:
Solyndra “had robots that whistled Disney songs. I’m not kidding.”
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
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