State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex) recently appeared on Fox News' "Hannity" show as part of a panel discussion about the federal debt ceiling. When host Sean Hannity began criticizing President Barack Obama, Codey pointed out that every U.S. president has raised the federal debt limit. PolitiFact New Jersey found that claim to be Mostly True. Turns out that President...
State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex) recently appeared on Fox News' "Hannity" show as part of a panel discussion about the federal debt ceiling.
When host Sean Hannity began criticizing President Barack Obama, Codey pointed out that every U.S. president has raised the federal debt limit.
PolitiFact New Jersey found that claim to be Mostly True. Turns out that President Harry S. Truman not only didn't raise the debt ceiling, he lowered it.
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State Sen. Richard Codey's statements on a TV news show were analyzed by the PolitiFact New Jersey staff, and they found his facts to be mostly true. More N.J. Truth-O-Meter rulings:
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