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Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 10, 2012 in a mailer
Says Mitt Romney and George Allen "would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion even in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is at risk."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 24, 2012 a news release.
"The tax burden on Virginia families was lower under Tim Kaine than under George Allen."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • October 15, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release.
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 1, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.
Says former Sen. George Allen voted four times to raise his own pay.
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • July 30, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate
George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate "turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • May 15, 2012
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on March 28, 2012 a web video
George Allen "voted for 40,000 earmarks."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • April 18, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate.
George Allen cast "the deciding vote" for the 2003 Bush tax cuts.
False
By Sean Gorman • December 17, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 31, 2011 a news release.
George Allen's flat tax "plan would actually shrink revenues further than the Perry (flat tax) plan."
False
By Sean Gorman • November 15, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on May 4, 2011 a TV interview.
George Allen "had 40,000 earmarks" while he was a senator.
False
By Sean Gorman • May 13, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on April 12, 2011 a blog post.
George Allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the No Child Left Behind Act while he was a senator.
True
By Jacob Geiger • April 15, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on January 17, 2011 a news release
George Allen voted for budgets that increased the national debt by $16,400 for every second he served in the U.S. Senate.
True
By Warren Fiske • January 24, 2011