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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
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 4, 2010 a letter to a Senate committee:
"New England already has access to ample supplies of natural gas."
True
By Peter Lord • January 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 18, 2011 his inaugural address.:
Says he’s the first Aggie governor of Texas.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2011 comments to reporters.:
"Some of the men serving in the (Afghan) armed forces have never driven a vehicle before."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 17, 2011
John Eaves
John Eaves
stated on January 12, 2011 a newspaper article:
"This kind of snowstorm happens every 10 or 15 years."
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 17, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on January 12, 2011 comments to reporters.:
"Whether you like to admit it or not, half our general revenue goes to education."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 14, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on January 12, 2011 a video statement on Facebook:
Says she condemned violence at a campaign stop in Arizona in March.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2011
New Georgia Encyclopedia
New Georgia Encyclopedia
stated on January 11, 2011 New Georgia Encyclopedia entry on hogs in Georgia history:
Georgia lawmakers fuel up for the session by feasting on "wild" hogs.
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By Jim Tharpe • January 11, 2011
Heidi Group
Heidi Group
stated on January 4, 2011 a letter.:
"Following the 2009 session," Texas House Speaker Joe Straus "was acknowledged and ‘thanked’ for his ‘tireless efforts’ by Planned Parenthood, the nation’s premier abortion provider."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 11, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 9, 2011 comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, 'We will use bullets if ballots don't work.'
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By Aaron Sharockman • January 10, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 5, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
True
By Stephen Koff • January 10, 2011
Pat Mullins
Pat Mullins
stated on January 3, 2011 a letter. :
New provisions of the health care law bar the use of flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts to pay for aspirin and other non-prescription health needs. 
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By Wes Hester • January 7, 2011
Brent Larkin
Brent Larkin
stated on January 2, 2011 a newspaper column:
Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken  "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on a New York Central train in 1935."
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By Tom Feran • January 7, 2011
Dan Moore
Dan Moore
stated on January 3, 2011 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
"It's taken more time to complete the Towpath Trail than it did to build the (Ohio & Erie) Canal."
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By Tom Feran • January 6, 2011
David Wyss
David Wyss
stated on December 13, 2010 a newspaper article:
State governments have little ability to stimulate job growth in the short run.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 5, 2011
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 20, 2010 a newsletter:
"I stopped requesting earmarks in 2008."
True
January 5, 2011
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on December 15, 2010 a news conference with reporters:
"I never proposed privatizing the (Milwaukee County) airport."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 4, 2011
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on December 20, 2010 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
"We are one of only two states to have eight consecutive months of declining unemployment. Twenty-one states had increased unemployment last month. Ours went down."
True
By Reginald Fields • January 3, 2011
William Howell
William Howell
stated on December 21, 2010 a speech.:
Proposed federal regulations would affect every street sign in the country
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By Warren Fiske • January 1, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on November 30, 2010 a press release:
Texas "children may have a teacher who never spent one minute practicing teaching."
True
December 26, 2010
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