claim: says president is ‘spending $2.2 billion to give away "obamaphones." ’
author: steve stockman
evidence_1: apr 9, 2013 ... 'obama phones' subsidy program draws new scrutiny on the hill ... “the program  has nearly tripled in size from $800 million in 2009 to $2.2 billion per year in  2012,” the ... hikes when govt is spending taxpayer dollars on free cell phones.” ...  “the president looks like them, and he gives things away to them.”.
evidence_2: mar 24, 2013 ... the united states spends "$2.2 billion on free cell phones, $27 million on ... "don 't you, your party, the president, don't all of you in washington feel under ... in that  exchange, duffy also said the government spent $700 billion to see ... lifeline  doesn't actually give away phones, but rather pays an average of ...
evidence_3: feb 12, 2013 ... the u.s. government spent about $2.2 billion on the program last year alone, ...  the lifeline phones, now referred to as “obamaphones” by critics, are ... wireless  customers who don't participate in the program pay an average of ... the fcc  says verification methods have saved the lifeline program nearly ...
evidence_4: steve stockman · says u.n. arms treaty will mandate a "new international gun  registry. ... says president is 'spending $2.2 billion to give away "obamaphones."  '.
evidence_5: apr 22, 2013 ... what started out as an effort by president reagan to help poor ... "the cost has  gone from $143 million a few years ago to $2.2 billion today," republican  louisiana sen. ... some recipients famously called them "obama phones," with  one ... and she says the current program is so far out of control, we should ...