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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview with President Barack Obama:
Tells President Barack Obama that he also asked former President George W. Bush about how he felt about Americans hating him.
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By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 1, 2011 the State of the State speech:
Most state employees could pay twice as much toward their health care premiums and it would still be half the national average
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 8, 2011
Americans Against Food Taxes
Americans Against Food Taxes
stated on February 6, 2011 a television commercial:
"Some politicians … want to put new taxes on a lot of groceries."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2011
Dave Hunt
Dave Hunt
stated on December 23, 2010 an e-mail:
Says "every school will be negatively impacted" if Education Stability Fund is not tapped.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 7, 2011
Vance Smith
Vance Smith
stated on January 19, 2011 a budget presentation:
Georgia has some of the best maintained roads in America.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2011
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on February 24, 2011 a prepared statement:
Americans spend 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax law. It costs us $163 billion to comply with our tax laws annually.
True
By Charles Pope • February 5, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 4, 2011 an interview with ABC News:
Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011
Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat
stated on January 30, 2011 a newspaper column:
Under Hosni Mubarak's rule, "Egypt received more American dollars than any country besides Israel."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011
Chris Cummiskey
Chris Cummiskey
stated on January 19, 2011 a budget presentation:
Georgia is the second-fastest growing state for international tourists.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 2, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 25, 2011 a TV interview.:
The U.S. loses more on tax breaks than it collects in personal income taxes. 
True
By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 22, 2011 a speech:
Says there have been 50 million abortions since Roe v. Wade was decided.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 1, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 20, 2011 a speech to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce:
Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations."
True
By Stephen Koff • February 1, 2011
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on January 17, 2011 a speech to Tea Party activists.:
"[Tailpipe emissions rules], if fully implemented with all the regulations that go with it, they will keep the temperature from rising nearly five one-hundredths of a degree Fahrenheit. By 2050."
True
By Jacob Geiger • January 28, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 14, 2011 a press release:
There have been "at least four incidents where bullets from Mexico have crossed the border."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"We're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address:
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
True
By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address:
The United States has "one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address:
"Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known ... corporate profits are up."  
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Dean Cannon
Dean Cannon
stated on January 19, 2011 comments to reporters.:
"The number of inmates since 2000 on death row dying of natural causes has now surpassed the number of inmates executed."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 25, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 6, 2011 an op-ed column:
Texas leads "the nation in the percentage of residents without health insurance."
True
January 24, 2011
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