Latest Fact-checks in Federal Budget Lisa McClain stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet: In the infrastructure bill that just passed the House, “only 10% is actual infrastructure.” Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months." Ashley Hinson stated on October 21, 2021 in a press release: Democrats are “asking for a blank check book to spend as much as they want without worrying about the repercussions.” Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.” Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.” Viral image stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: President Joe Biden cut “$30 billion to Black colleges and universities.” Don Lemon stated on September 29, 2021 in an exchange between CNN hosts: Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.” Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.” Mandela Barnes stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter: In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” Jon Erpenbach stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.” Mark Pocan stated on May 21, 2021 in Twitter: Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion. Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.” Kamala Harris stated on May 5, 2021 in Statement: The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.” Josh Mandel stated on May 21, 2021 in a tweet: “The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.” Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.” Randy Feenstra stated on April 28, 2021 in a tweet: "Only <6% of the $2.1 trillion 'infrastructure' bill contains funding for roads & bridges.” Shelley Moore Capito stated on March 4, 2021 in a press conference: President Joe Biden’s American Relief Plan “has a lot of money in it for schools, but if you really look at it … it says that the school money is going to go out until the year 2028.” George Papadopoulos stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.” Liz Cheney stated on April 11, 2021 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": “Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.” Pete Buttigieg stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments." Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats. Mike Bost stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview: The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent. Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Illegal aliens will receive $1,400 stimulus checks.” Facebook posts stated on March 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill "awards a $25 million bonus" to House members. Roy Blunt stated on February 25, 2021 in a tweet: Says his amendment on a budget bill “would have helped get kids back in school after teachers were vaccinated. Every single Senate Democrat voted against it.” Stand for America stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 rescue bill includes money for a list of projects that are not COVID-related. Mitch McConnell stated on February 24, 2021 in a Senate floor speech: In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.” Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA is paying for hotel rooms!!!” for Texas winter storm victims.
Lisa McClain stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet: In the infrastructure bill that just passed the House, “only 10% is actual infrastructure.” Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months." Ashley Hinson stated on October 21, 2021 in a press release: Democrats are “asking for a blank check book to spend as much as they want without worrying about the repercussions.” Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.” Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.” Viral image stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: President Joe Biden cut “$30 billion to Black colleges and universities.” Don Lemon stated on September 29, 2021 in an exchange between CNN hosts: Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.” Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.” Mandela Barnes stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter: In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” Jon Erpenbach stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.” Mark Pocan stated on May 21, 2021 in Twitter: Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion. Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.” Kamala Harris stated on May 5, 2021 in Statement: The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.” Josh Mandel stated on May 21, 2021 in a tweet: “The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.” Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.” Randy Feenstra stated on April 28, 2021 in a tweet: "Only <6% of the $2.1 trillion 'infrastructure' bill contains funding for roads & bridges.” Shelley Moore Capito stated on March 4, 2021 in a press conference: President Joe Biden’s American Relief Plan “has a lot of money in it for schools, but if you really look at it … it says that the school money is going to go out until the year 2028.” George Papadopoulos stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.” Liz Cheney stated on April 11, 2021 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": “Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.” Pete Buttigieg stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments." Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats. Mike Bost stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview: The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent. Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Illegal aliens will receive $1,400 stimulus checks.” Facebook posts stated on March 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill "awards a $25 million bonus" to House members. Roy Blunt stated on February 25, 2021 in a tweet: Says his amendment on a budget bill “would have helped get kids back in school after teachers were vaccinated. Every single Senate Democrat voted against it.” Stand for America stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 rescue bill includes money for a list of projects that are not COVID-related. Mitch McConnell stated on February 24, 2021 in a Senate floor speech: In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.” Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA is paying for hotel rooms!!!” for Texas winter storm victims.
Lisa McClain stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet: In the infrastructure bill that just passed the House, “only 10% is actual infrastructure.”
Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months."
Ashley Hinson stated on October 21, 2021 in a press release: Democrats are “asking for a blank check book to spend as much as they want without worrying about the repercussions.”
Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.”
Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.”
Viral image stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: President Joe Biden cut “$30 billion to Black colleges and universities.”
Don Lemon stated on September 29, 2021 in an exchange between CNN hosts: Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.”
Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
Mandela Barnes stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter: In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”
Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”
Mark Pocan stated on May 21, 2021 in Twitter: Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion.
Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.”
Kamala Harris stated on May 5, 2021 in Statement: The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.”
Josh Mandel stated on May 21, 2021 in a tweet: “The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.”
Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.”
Randy Feenstra stated on April 28, 2021 in a tweet: "Only <6% of the $2.1 trillion 'infrastructure' bill contains funding for roads & bridges.”
Shelley Moore Capito stated on March 4, 2021 in a press conference: President Joe Biden’s American Relief Plan “has a lot of money in it for schools, but if you really look at it … it says that the school money is going to go out until the year 2028.”
George Papadopoulos stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.”
Liz Cheney stated on April 11, 2021 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": “Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.”
Pete Buttigieg stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats.
Mike Bost stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview: The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent.
Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Illegal aliens will receive $1,400 stimulus checks.”
Facebook posts stated on March 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill "awards a $25 million bonus" to House members.
Roy Blunt stated on February 25, 2021 in a tweet: Says his amendment on a budget bill “would have helped get kids back in school after teachers were vaccinated. Every single Senate Democrat voted against it.”
Stand for America stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 rescue bill includes money for a list of projects that are not COVID-related.
Mitch McConnell stated on February 24, 2021 in a Senate floor speech: In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA is paying for hotel rooms!!!” for Texas winter storm victims.