copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” (Facebook post, 2020-05-17)
Evidence (2002-08-31): The California and New York results illustrate the importance of having information on actual IGTs in examining issues related to the current distribution of Medicaid DSH funds. Across-the-board assumptions such as those made Chapter 4 regarding the proportion of DSH funds that are "new" are not substantiated at the hospital-level. CMS should consider expanding the state DSH reports to obtain information on provider contributions to DSH pools as well as the payments from those pools to individual hospitals. [...] The "snapshot" approach of looking at one year's data may not be sufficient for an adequate understanding of the financial implications of serving low-income patients. In California, the FY1998 payments included payments from the state's fiscal year 1997 and thus overstated the average DSH payments. The New York indigent care pool was in transition during FY1998 and additional changes were enacted in 2000. Wisconsin's uncompensated care costs have increased 60 percent since 1997. Only the first-year impacts of the Balanced Budget Amendment are reflected in the FY1998 data. These considerations suggest that a multi-year study- perhaps with periodic updating- would be appropriate.
Claim: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” (Facebook post, 2020-05-17)
Evidence (2017-12-13): MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida BARBARA LEE, California [...] Balancing the Budget. The resolution draws a path toward a balanced budget within nine years, without raising taxes. The national debt is already an impediment to greater prosperity and a threat to the security of future generations. [...] Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-01-22): The total number of presidential directives signed by Biden during his first two days in office is greater than the number signed by Trump and Obama over the same period. The available record before FDR isn’t complete enough to definitively say whether Rubio is also right about all presidents, but experts said it’s likely that his claim still holds. It’s worth noting that Biden issued multiple orders directed at a specific issue that’s actively affecting the entire nation: the coronavirus pandemic.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2024-01-01): How Biden stacks up against his predecessors was Dkr4188 now Dkr1999 for your first year. Make up your own mind. Build robust opinions with the FT’s trusted journalism. Offer available here until 24th October.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-01-21): Biden sets to work on reversing Trump policies with executive orders [...] What orders has Biden signed? [...] Executive action is the (relatively) easy part, however. For Biden to make lasting change - policies that can't be undone by future presidents - he will have to work with Congress to pass legislation on issues like pandemic relief, citizenship for undocumented migrants, healthcare reform and voting-rights protections.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-02-05): A visual breakdown of Biden’s barrage of executive actions in his first weeks [...] Biden has signed three times the number of executive orders his recent predecessors had at this point in their presidencies. The president, who spent 36 years in the U.S. Senate, has repeatedly operated independent of the legislature, prompting some to criticize his actions as overreach. [...] Biden has far outpaced Trump, Obama and Bush on early executive orders
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-01-22): Joe Biden is taking executive action at a record pace In two days he has signed more executive orders than Donald Trump did in nearly two months in office ON THE CAMPAIGN trail President Joe Biden was referred to by his rival as "Sleepy Joe", a not-so-subtle suggestion that the 78-year-old lacked the energy to be commander-in-chief. In office, though, Mr Biden has been moving at a blistering pace. Within hours of being sworn in, he had recommitted America to the Paris climate accord; restored ties with the World Health Organisation; lifted a ban on travellers to America from several Muslim-majority countries; promised to protect from deportation "dreamers", brought to America illegally as children; extended temporary freezes on household evictions and federal student-loan payments; mandated mask-wearing in airports, public transport and in federal buildings; and halted construction of the US-Mexico border wall. If that were not enough, he also did some redecorating. A portrait of FDR, famous for his productivity early in his term, now hangs on the wall of the Oval Office.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2023-12-04): In just one week in office, President Biden has issued 21 executive orders, a figure surpassing former President Obama’s 20 executive orders issued over the course of all of 2013. However, it is important to note that many of these orders by and large do not have immediate practical impacts on...
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-02-01): Biden vs. Trump: How Executive Orders Are Reshaping the United States 'A lot of what Biden has done has been unwinding what Trump had done,' said Kenneth Mayer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist and expert on presidential powers and executive actions Modern American presidents have found that a good way to get off to a fast start in office is to issue decrees like an ancient king.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2024-03-07): Trump’s administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history," Biden said. "Check the numbers, folks." [...] The day after Biden’s speech, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington-based group that studies fiscal policy, wrote that Trump had signed legislation or executive orders that added $8.4 trillion of new borrowing over 10 years, about half of it in pandemic relief. [...] Trump did accumulate more debt during his term than any previous president’s single term, and also more than Biden has accumulated so far in his tenure. But Biden’s tenure isn’t over yet.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2024-09-21): But it was not until the Federal Register Act in 1936 that a more thorough contemporaneous documentation of Executive Orders began. Before then, and occasionally afterwards, discovery of an order not previously counted has resulted in assigning a number already in use together with an associated letter (e.g., 7709, 7709-A). This practice explains why the total number of orders issued may be greater than the result that would be obtained by subtracting a president’s first order number from his last (and adding 1). [...] In this table we present the total number of Executive Orders issued by presidential term (not calendar year). Thus, this table does not include other forms of written presidential orders (such as memorandums), or discretionary executive actions not accompanied by a published presidential directive. For an illustration of the many different kinds of presidential directives that are NOT called "Executive Orders" see our Analysis "Biden in Action." For further illustrations of the problems involved in simply counting documents, see another Analysis looking at presidential use of discretion in the first two years of elected presidents starting with Nixon. [...] Lord, Clifford L., ed. 1943. List and Index of Presidential Executive Orders (Unnumbered Series, 1789 – 1941). New Jersey Historical Records Survey, Works Progress Administration, Newark, NJ
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-01-28): Fact-check: Has Biden 'issued more executive fiats' in his first days in office than any other president? [...] Setting aside the political implications of the word "fiat," we found that available evidence supports Rubio’s assessment: Biden’s use of the executive power in his first two days far outpaced that of his predecessors. [...] "Fiats" is a politically loaded term and ignores that many of Biden’s directives were specific to the ongoing pandemic.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2024-07-05): There is no evidence to suggest President Biden has used executive action more than other presidents. Biden had issued 139 executive orders as of July 1. [...] Biden did use executive action at a significantly higher rate than other presidents in his first few days in office, largely a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Trump had issued more orders by this time in his presidency — with 169 from Jan. 20, 2017, to July 1, 2020, compared with Biden’s 139, according to a PolitiFact analysis of data provided by the American Presidency Project, a nonprofit source for presidential documents hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara. [...] This could encourage future presidents to take more executive action than Biden or Trump has.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2024-05-19): Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2022 in a campaign ad: Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'" Marco Rubio stated on May 25, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet." Marco Rubio stated on July 30, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines. 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." Marco Rubio stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks: "Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders." Marco Rubio stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden "has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone." Marco Rubio stated on December 27, 2020 in a tweet: Says "Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March." [...] Marco Rubio stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden "has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone."
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-01-29): President Joe Biden has signed more than 35 executive orders, actions and memorandums in his first week-and-a-half in the Oval Office. And some of Biden’s critics are saying or suggesting that his frequent early use of the presidential pen contradicts a dramatic statement he made on the campaign trail in October. [...] Facts First: These Biden critics are taking his "dictator" remark out of context. Biden explicitly campaigned on signing various executive orders, including those to rescind some of then-President Donald Trump’s own executive orders, and he didn’t say in October that signing a large number of orders means a president is a dictator. Rather, after Biden rejected the idea of using an executive order to raise taxes on corporations and wealthy people, he said there are "things you can’t do by executive order unless you’re a dictator." In other words, Biden was saying what he had said before and has said since – that executive orders are unconstitutional for some particular purposes. [...] Multiple Biden executive orders simply rescind policies Trump had imposed through his own executive orders without public complaint from McConnell and other Biden critics. And, critically, Biden promised during the campaign that he would sign significant executive orders. In fact, many of Biden’s early-presidency executive orders fulfil explicit campaign pledges.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-04-30): President Joe Biden signed a flurry of executive actions in his first 100 days in office, primarily aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic and dismantling many of former President Donald Trump’s policies. [...] In his first 100 days in office, Biden signed more than 60 executive actions, 24 of which are direct reversals of Trump’s policies. [...] "And I want to make it clear — there’s a lot of talk, with good reason, about the number of executive orders that I have signed — I’m not making new law; I’m eliminating bad policy," Biden said as he signed a series of actions on immigration from the Oval Office on February 2. "What I’m doing is taking on the issues that — 99% of them — that the president, the last president of the United States, issued executive orders I felt were very counterproductive to our security, counterproductive to who we are as a country, particularly in the area of immigration."
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2024-07-07): CNN’s Kaitlan Collins fact-checked Burgum during the interview, pointing out that Trump signed 220 executive orders during his four years in office, while Biden is at 139 so far in his term. Biden did use executive action at a significantly higher rate than other presidents in his first few days in office, largely a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Trump had issued more orders by this time in his presidency — with 169 from January 20, 2017, to July 1, 2020, compared with Biden’s 139, according to a PolitiFact analysis of data provided by the American Presidency Project, a nonprofit source for presidential documents hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara. [...] This could encourage future presidents to take more executive action than Biden or Trump has.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-02-03): In his first two weeks in office, President Biden has signed nearly as many executive orders as Franklin Roosevelt signed in his entire first month. And President Roosevelt holds the record. Adding his signature to three executive orders on immigration Tuesday, Biden has now signed 28 executive orders since taking office. FDR signed 30 in his first month. [...] Cooper says more than any administration in modern history, Biden's team came in prepared, with the legal groundwork already carefully laid. This is a contrast with the early days of both the Clinton and Trump presidencies, where there were drafting problems and legal overreach that opened them up to challenges and forced revisions. The Biden orders may not be as far-reaching as advocates would like, but they may be more durable.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-04-30): On his first day as US president, Joe Biden hit the ground running. He issued more executive actions than his three immediate predecessors—Trump, Obama, and Bush—combined. Now, 100 days into his term, he has hardly slowed down. Biden has issued 106 executive actions since taking office, more than any recent president following a partisan change, according to the Presidency Project, which collects data on past and current US administrations. This tally includes executive orders, presidential memos, and proclamations, which are all directives that come straight from the desk of the president, in contrast to laws passed by Congress. Executive orders are legally binding, and in practice, memoranda are treated very similarly. Both executive orders and memoranda typically instruct government employees how to enforce certain laws, or implement various policies. Proclamations tend to be ceremonial. [...] Joe Biden has issued 42 executive orders in his first 100 days. Twenty of them include revocations, including reversing an order excluding undocumented immigrants from the Census, repealing proclamations that banned many muslims from entering the US, and ending a policy restricting certain transgender individuals from serving in the military.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-01-22): Setting aside the political implications of the word "fiat," we found that available evidence supports Rubio’s assessment: Biden’s use of the executive power in his first two days far outpaced that of his predecessors. [...] Rubio used the word "fiat" — a politicized term that would suggest Biden rushed in sweeping and long-lasting policy changes. However, Biden in his first two days issued 10 executive orders and one memorandum to address a specific issue that’s actively affecting the entire nation: the coronavirus pandemic. Biden was sworn into office around the time the United States recorded about 400,000 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. [...] Fiats" is a politically loaded term and ignores that many of Biden’s directives were specific to the ongoing pandemic.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-12-13): The American people do not want, and our Constitution will not abide, a president who rules by fiat and demands obedience. [...] We need to restore the balance of powers between the branches of government. We need checks and balances that actually serve to check and balance the worst impulses of our leaders — in any branch.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2017-01-13): James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:37 P.M. EST [...] Q Does the President think Mr. Trump should do more than he has in this area? [...] Q I haven’t -- I don’t recall the President doing anything like that in the last eight years. Has he -- would he do something like that? Would President Obama do something like that?
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2021-01-22): Why it matters: Never before has a president done more by executive fiat in such a short period of time than Biden. And those specific actions, coupled with a push for a more progressive slate of regulators and advisers, look more like the Biden of the Democratic primary than the unity-and-restraint Biden of the general election. [...] Between the lines ... Biden wants to have his cake and eat it too, says Jaret Seiberg, financial services and housing policy analyst for Cowen Washington Research Group: [...] His executive actions so far have largely just rolled back parts of the Trump legacy, including rejoining the Paris climate deal, and freezing 11th hour regulations pushed through by the last administration.
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2023-08-29): So we tried to focus this around soft connectivity. What could we do—the United States—to help ease customs and border procedures or help the five adopt common customs standards, which is something they had not had since the Soviet days, because in the Soviet days they never had to work any of that out. Moscow would just decide by administrative fiat, but now you had five independent countries suddenly having to negotiate crossborder arrangements that they never had to do before, amid an atmosphere of a lot of hostility among them. [...] The Biden people could take a lesson out of President Bush's book about how at least to pursue complementary, if not necessarily joint, policies in service to American self-interest. That ends us where we started. I don't know if that makes sense to you, but I— [...] They'd flip him the bird. [laughter]
Claim: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” (Marco Rubio, 2021-01-22)
Evidence (2022-06-21): From installing former union official Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, to outfitting the National Labor Relations Board with union alums, to issuing a spate of union-friendly executive orders, the White House has taken significant steps toward expanding union membership despite the challenges presented by a narrowly divided Congress. [...] At the National Labor Relations Board, Biden lost no time in clearing out employer-aligned Trump appointees — General Counsel Peter Robb and Deputy General Counsel Alice Stock — the first president in more than 70 years to exercise that power. [...] At the same time, Biden has issued a spate of union-friendly executive orders. In April 2021, he signed one creating a task force committed to studying how the federal government could act unilaterally to expand workers’ right to join a union. The group released its recommendations in February; agencies have since published the steps they are taking to comply.