Claim: Reports from journalists and the Government Accountability Office last month about problems with the data on Recovery.gov cast doubt on the site's claim that more than 640,000 jobs had been created or saved by the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Meanwhile Obama upped the ante, putting the figure at more than 1 million. On Nov. 12, for example, in announcing this month's jobs summit, he said that the stimulus had "created and saved more than a million jobs."
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Verdict: reports from journalists and the government accountability office last month about problems with the data on recovery.gov cast doubt on the site's claim that more than 640,000 jobs had been created or saved by the obama administration's american recovery and reinvestment act. meanwhile obama upped the ante, putting the figure at more than 1 million. on nov. 12, for example, in announcing this month's jobs summit, he said that the stimulus had "created and saved more than a million jobs."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Viveca Novak
Date published: 2009-12-01T21:46:29