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Matt Damon
Matt Damon
stated on March 23, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Every 20 seconds, a child dies because they lack access to clean water and sanitation."
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By Steve Contorno • March 23, 2014
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 23, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 23, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website:
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
Janet Murguía
Janet Murguía
stated on March 9, 2014 an interview on Univision's 'Al Punto':
"We’re at the point of reaching 2 million deportations ... this is a historic level, more than any other president of the United States."
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By Julie Kliegman • March 17, 2014
Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote
stated on March 11, 2014 a tweet:
Says 50 percent of millennials don’t associate with "any political party."
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By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2014
stated on March 3, 2014 an interview:
Using a surcharge on the cigarette tax to help pay for a new downtown sports arena "is not feasible under state law."
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By James B. Nelson • March 13, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 9, 2014 an interview on CNN:
The economic "turnaround started at the end of my term."
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By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2014
Allen Peake
Allen Peake
stated on March 3, 2014 a meeting:
Every child in Colorado who has been given medical marijuana for treatment for seizures has had diminished seizure activity.
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By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2014
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on February 27, 2014 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times":
About half the people who would qualify for Medicaid expansion in Florida "can buy a health care plan for $30 a month" on the federal health care exchange.
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By Joshua Gillin, Steve Contorno • March 7, 2014
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 7, 2014 a speech:
When it comes to transportation funds, Georgians spend more in taxes and on red tape than they get back from the federal government.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 7, 2014
ChangeAustin.org
ChangeAustin.org
stated on February 26, 2014 an email blast:
Sarah Eckhardt "refused to take her own pay increases repeatedly."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 6, 2014
Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel
stated on March 2, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • March 5, 2014
Russia Today
Russia Today
stated on March 4, 2014 a posting on their website:
The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 5, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 the State of the State speech:
"Florida high schools are four out of the top 10 in the entire United States."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 28, 2014 a post on Facebook:
Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2014
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech:
The Redskins Training Camp deal "generated $40 million in new private investment in the city."
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By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • March 4, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 18, 2014 a public meeting:
Even though Chicago has "the most stringent gun laws on the books," it still "has the highest murder rate" in the country.
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By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2014
Mary Margaret Oliver
Mary Margaret Oliver
stated on February 18, 2014 a meeting:
More than 80 percent of Georgians don’t support legislation to ease gun restrictions in houses of worship, in bars and on campuses.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 26, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 17, 2014 an article:
"Obamacare will mean 2.1 million fewer jobs by 2021."
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By Eric Stirgus • February 24, 2014
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt," a report shows.
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By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2014
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