Claim: "Bob Menendez just voted to increase the government's debt ceiling to $1.9 TRILLION! In his 19 years in Congress, Menendez has helped overspend America over $15 TRILLION into debt."
Fact-check: Bob Menendez attacked by GOP challenger over federal debt increases
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2012-01-08T00:00:00