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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 5, 2013 in an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":
Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 27, 2013 in an interview:
Even after collective bargaining reforms, most Wisconsin public employees "are still paying about 12 to 13 percent" of their health insurance premiums, while most state residents who work in the private sector "pay 20 to 25 percent."  
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By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2013
James Carville
James Carville
stated on December 8, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"One-third of all bank tellers (are) on public assistance."
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By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 8, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week":
"About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2013
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on December 3, 2013 in a news release:
Passing a federal firearms "background check through the NICS database . . . typically takes 90 seconds."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 8, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"The nine-day deer hunt contributes more than $1.3 billion in revenue to the state of Wisconsin."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 4, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 18, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"We’re the Sunshine State, and we’re hardly doing any solar energy production."
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By Rochelle Koff • December 3, 2013
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 in a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics:
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on November 19, 2013 in an online campaign video:
"Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent" since Texas passed concealed-gun permit law.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 27, 2013
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on November 19, 2013 in a broadcast of CNN's Situation Room:
Republican ideas on health care don’t give people "an option to even enroll in something that they can afford."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 26, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 4, 2013 in a guest lecture:
"During the last election, Democrats won over a million votes more than Republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the Republicans got 33 more members of the House of Representatives than the Democrats did."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2013
John Loud
John Loud
stated on November 19, 2013 in newspaper article :
"These 60 acres (the Atlanta Braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero SPLOST money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education."      
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 26, 2013
Grady Judd
Grady Judd
stated on November 19, 2013 in a "Sun-Sentinel" editorial:
Florida’s proposed amendment for medical marijuana would allow "people who alleged minor ailments such as muscle spasms, neck pain, back pain and even menstrual cramps (to qualify) for government-sanctioned pot-smoking."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 25, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 25, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on November 21, 2013 in a graphic:
"In the history of the United States, 168 presidential nominees have been filibustered, 82 blocked under President Obama, 86 blocked under all the other presidents."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 in a speech at American Enterprise Institute:
"The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2013
Mike Plant
Mike Plant
stated on November 20, 2013 in an interview:
"No one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time."
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By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2013
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on November 21, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"8.5 million Americans have gotten rebate checks because their insurance companies were spending too much money on executive bonuses and administrative costs and not enough on health care."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 21, 2013
Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor
stated on November 13, 2013 in a campaign ad:
Says Tom Cotton "voted to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 19, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 in a hearing:
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
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By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013
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