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Latest Fact-Checks By Janie Har

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Oregon 2014
Oregon 2014
stated on September 17, 2013 online campaign materials
"In fiscal year 2011-2012, 4,191 abortions were paid for by taxpayers via the Oregon Health Plan."
True
By Janie Har • September 24, 2013
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on August 16, 2013 a guest column
"Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent."
True
By Janie Har • September 7, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on August 23, 2013 a forum
"The city of Portland has won more national Constitution contests than any city in America."
True
By Janie Har • September 3, 2013
Jim Francesconi
Jim Francesconi
stated on August 7, 2013 a guest column
Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • August 31, 2013
Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)
Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)
stated on June 26, 2013 an interview
Portland Bureau of Transportation "barely break(s) even" ticketing motorists.
Half-True
By Janie Har • July 20, 2013
Jeff Kruse
Jeff Kruse
stated on July 8, 2013 a Senate floor speech
Says that in Curry County, "if you make a 911 call you’re likely to wait for an hour for a response."
Half-True
By Janie Har • July 13, 2013
Jason Conger
Jason Conger
stated on June 19, 2013 a House floor speech
Says "the mandate is 71 times that a child’s body will be injected with a disease" for immunizations.
False
By Janie Har • June 29, 2013
Amalgamated Transit Union
Amalgamated Transit Union
stated on June 13, 2013 a newspaper ad
Says TriMet spends "$10.3 million in police contracts" a year for 56 transit police who must respond to non-transit calls
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 22, 2013
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on May 29, 2013 in a press release
Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • June 15, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on June 4, 2013 a U.S. Ways and Means hearing
Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited."
False
By Janie Har • June 13, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 3, 2013 a chain email
Says "At age 76 when you most need it, you are not eligible for cancer treatment" under Affordable Care Act.
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • June 8, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 23, 2013 a press release
Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."  
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 1, 2013
Carolyn Tomei
Carolyn Tomei
stated on May 15, 2013 a House floor speech
Says, "In Oregon in 2010, 49 percent of all pregnancies were unintended."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • May 24, 2013
Family Forward Oregon
Family Forward Oregon
stated on May 8, 2013 a flier
Says paid family leave is "a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • May 18, 2013
Portland Association of Teachers
Portland Association of Teachers
stated on April 25, 2013 a newsletter
Says "Did you know that if you accepted the District's proposal today you would have NO pay increase for 4 years? Seven years of frozen wages = Disrespect."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 11, 2013
Ken Tanner
Ken Tanner
stated on April 24, 2013 a radio news interview
Says "The idea of one casino per tribe is a false one."
Half-True
By Janie Har • May 9, 2013
Metro
Metro
stated on April 24, 2013 voters pamphlet
Metro on whether it could use bond money for restoration.
Full Flop
By Janie Har • May 4, 2013
Oregon Health Authority
Oregon Health Authority
stated on April 24, 2013 a draft report
Says that in 2007, "Oregon ranked 25th -- or 7th from the bottom -- in percentage of children with untreated decay compared to 32 other states with similar data."
False
By Janie Har • May 2, 2013
Clean Water Portland
Clean Water Portland
stated on April 8, 2013 a campaign flier
Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S."
False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2013
Caddy McKeown
Caddy McKeown
stated on April 4, 2013 a House floor speech
Says "A baby in Coos County is two times as likely to be born to a mother who is someone who used tobacco during her pregnancy as is the average baby born in Oregon or the U.S."
True
By Janie Har • April 12, 2013
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