claim: president obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent."
author: eric cantor
evidence_1: jul 12, 2009 ... president obama, still traveling abroad, responded to increasing criticism that the  stimulus package that he pushed through congress is not working to prevent ...  they promised you that if you paid for their stimulus, jobs would be created ... "in  fact, they said that unemployment would stay under 8 percent.
evidence_2: president obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping  unemployment under 8 percent." — politifact virginia on friday, march 2nd, ...
evidence_3: sep 9, 2011 ... yesterday, president obama addressed a joint session of congress to outline ...  in 2009, democrats in washington pushed through an $821 billion stimulus plan  with the promise it would keep unemployment below 8 percent. unfortunately, the  unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for 31 straight ...
evidence_4: sep 13, 2012 ... the president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that  unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. ... jon bramnick claims  barack obama promised stimulus would push jobless rate below 6 percent ....  obama promised the stimulus would keep unemployment below 8 percent, ...
evidence_5: feb 11, 2012 ... the county's unemployment dropped to 8.5 percent from 10.2 percent in a matter  of months. ... the problem with most of the projects was that the obama ... as it  was, states could create temporary jobs programs through a $5 billion ... has  helped keep its unemployment rate below 8 percent since 2008.