Mike Pence Fact Check [2012]
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- April 13, 2011
Mike Pence: A Republican proposal changes Medicare for those under age 55 so that they will "participate in the same kind of health plan that members of Congress do." — Mostly False
- January 21, 2011Mike Pence: The financial regulatory bill "will kill jobs." — Mostly False
- November 9, 2010
Mike Pence: "Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues." — False
- July 22, 2010Mike Pence: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one." — False
- May 5, 2010Mike Pence: "This administration and this Congress have been systematically cutting funding to border security since the Democrats took control." — False
- December 8, 2009
Mike Pence: "To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law." — Half-True
- December 1, 2009Mike Pence: Under the Democratic health plan, families "will be forced to spend an additional $2,100 a year to keep their current health care." — Mostly False
- November 6, 2009Mike Pence: "As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent." — Half-True
Mike Pence: Contends that President Obama "literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, 'necessarily skyrocket.'" — True
