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- Barack Obama: On reconciliation
- Barack Obama: "The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
- Barack Obama: "So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010."
- Barack Obama: The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
- Barack Obama: Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
- Barack Obama: "We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival."
- Barack Obama: Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
- Barack Obama: Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
- Barack Obama: "We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families."
- Barack Obama: "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."
- Barack Obama: "At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade."
- Barack Obama: "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."
- Barack Obama: The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
- Barack Obama: "Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."
- Barack Obama: "For the first time in history, my administration posts our White House visitors online."
- Barack Obama: On a government spending freeze.
- Barack Obama: "Even foreign corporations may now get into the act" of spending unlimited amounts for political purposes in the United States.
- Barack Obama: "The Washington Times ... pointed out that we had succeeded where previous administrations had failed" on spending cuts.
- Barack Obama: On the importance of an independent voting record
- Barack Obama: "I didn't campaign on a public option."
- Barack Obama: Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
- Barack Obama: "We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."
- Barack Obama: When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."
- Barack Obama: "In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror."
- Barack Obama: "History tells us that job growth always lags behind economic growth."
Barack Obama: "Mathematically, the White Sox can still get in the playoffs."
Monday, September 21, 2009The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Obama says White Sox can still make the playoffs
Original article from http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/sep/20/barack-obama/obama-says-white-sox-can-still-make-playoffs/
At the conclusion of a wide-ranging interview on NBC's Meet the Press, President Barack Obama said he was holding out hope that his beloved Chicago White Sox can still make the playoffs. Host David Gregory asked him, "On a lighter note, before I let you go, Mr. President, you were brazen this summer at the All Star...
Original article from http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/sep/20/barack-obama/obama-says-white-sox-can-still-make-playoffs/
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