Latest Fact-checks in Federal Budget Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” Department of Government Efficiency stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.” Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters: About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.” WinSenate stated on October 24, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.” Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in an event in Atlanta: "Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security." Joe Biden stated on April 4, 2024 in a post on TikTok: Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X: “Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.” Donald Trump stated on March 16, 2024 in a rally in Vandalia, Ohio: "Your Social Security will be destroyed by the people coming in. There's too many of them. It's not sustainable." Joe Biden stated on March 7, 2024 in his State of the Union address: The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history." Joe Biden stated on March 7, 2024 in a State of the Union address: "We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion." Joe Biden stated on November 27, 2023 in remarks at the White House: Republicans’ “plan would cut Social Security benefits. … Average benefit cut would be 13%.” Francesca Hong stated on October 25, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson "opposes Social Security benefits." Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.” Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.” Mike Johnson stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker: “In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.” Joe Manchin stated on September 2, 2023 in a post on X: “Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.” Matt Gaetz stated on October 1, 2023 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt." Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.” Mike Pence stated on August 23, 2023 in a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee: "I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives." Ron DeSantis stated on July 9, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo: Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.” Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.” Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.” Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2023 in a speech in New York: "The Republican plan would cut federal law enforcement officers — 30,000 — including 11,000 FBI agents, 2,000 border agents, DEA agents, and so on." TikTok posts stated on April 26, 2023 in a TikTok post: Fauci, DOD and CDC funded deadly pathogen research at Sudan lab Nikki Haley stated on April 10, 2023 in a town hall in Salix, Iowa: There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded. Mike Pence stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer: “In the next two years, we'll spend more on interest on our national debt than we do on the national defense.” Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters: “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.” Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” Department of Government Efficiency stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.” Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters: About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.” WinSenate stated on October 24, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.” Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in an event in Atlanta: "Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security." Joe Biden stated on April 4, 2024 in a post on TikTok: Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X: “Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.” Donald Trump stated on March 16, 2024 in a rally in Vandalia, Ohio: "Your Social Security will be destroyed by the people coming in. There's too many of them. It's not sustainable." Joe Biden stated on March 7, 2024 in his State of the Union address: The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history." Joe Biden stated on March 7, 2024 in a State of the Union address: "We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion." Joe Biden stated on November 27, 2023 in remarks at the White House: Republicans’ “plan would cut Social Security benefits. … Average benefit cut would be 13%.” Francesca Hong stated on October 25, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson "opposes Social Security benefits." Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.” Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.” Mike Johnson stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker: “In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.” Joe Manchin stated on September 2, 2023 in a post on X: “Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.” Matt Gaetz stated on October 1, 2023 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt." Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.” Mike Pence stated on August 23, 2023 in a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee: "I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives." Ron DeSantis stated on July 9, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo: Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.” Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.” Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.” Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2023 in a speech in New York: "The Republican plan would cut federal law enforcement officers — 30,000 — including 11,000 FBI agents, 2,000 border agents, DEA agents, and so on." TikTok posts stated on April 26, 2023 in a TikTok post: Fauci, DOD and CDC funded deadly pathogen research at Sudan lab Nikki Haley stated on April 10, 2023 in a town hall in Salix, Iowa: There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded. Mike Pence stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer: “In the next two years, we'll spend more on interest on our national debt than we do on the national defense.” Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters: “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.” Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
Department of Government Efficiency stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”
Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters: About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
WinSenate stated on October 24, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in an event in Atlanta: "Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security."
Joe Biden stated on April 4, 2024 in a post on TikTok: Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X: “Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”
Donald Trump stated on March 16, 2024 in a rally in Vandalia, Ohio: "Your Social Security will be destroyed by the people coming in. There's too many of them. It's not sustainable."
Joe Biden stated on March 7, 2024 in his State of the Union address: The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history."
Joe Biden stated on March 7, 2024 in a State of the Union address: "We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion."
Joe Biden stated on November 27, 2023 in remarks at the White House: Republicans’ “plan would cut Social Security benefits. … Average benefit cut would be 13%.”
Francesca Hong stated on October 25, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson "opposes Social Security benefits."
Marianne Williamson stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”
Mike Johnson stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker: “In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.”
Joe Manchin stated on September 2, 2023 in a post on X: “Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.”
Matt Gaetz stated on October 1, 2023 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”
Mike Pence stated on August 23, 2023 in a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee: "I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives."
Ron DeSantis stated on July 9, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo: Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”
Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”
Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
Kevin McCarthy stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2023 in a speech in New York: "The Republican plan would cut federal law enforcement officers — 30,000 — including 11,000 FBI agents, 2,000 border agents, DEA agents, and so on."
TikTok posts stated on April 26, 2023 in a TikTok post: Fauci, DOD and CDC funded deadly pathogen research at Sudan lab
Nikki Haley stated on April 10, 2023 in a town hall in Salix, Iowa: There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.
Mike Pence stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer: “In the next two years, we'll spend more on interest on our national debt than we do on the national defense.”
Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters: “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
