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National Organization for Marriage
National Organization for Marriage
stated on February 5, 2011 a mailing to Rhode Island voters
"Massachusetts public schools teach kids as young as kindergartners about gay marriage."
False
By Peter Lord • February 10, 2011
Organizing for America
Organizing for America
stated on December 6, 2010 a press release.
"An overwhelming majority of Americans support passage of the DREAM Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented youth willing to work for a college degree or serve in our armed forces."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 22, 2010 his radio broadcast
"This town (Wilmington, Ohio) hasn’t taken any money from the government. They don’t want any money from the government."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Naymik • December 3, 2010
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 7, 2010 a news release
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
True
December 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an interview on "The Daily Show."
"Before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didn't have it before, through the Children's Health Insurance Program."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 28, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 24, 2010 a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Charlie Crist "attacks me for positions he held, like, six months ago, (when) he was running in the Republican primary."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 24, 2010
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 1, 2010 a press release
Says with the ongoing economic downturn, child abuse is on the rise.
Mostly True
By Michelle Cole • September 28, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 a TV and Internet commercial
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
Debbie Riddle
Debbie Riddle
stated on August 10, 2010 a television interview
"Over 81 percent of the babies that are born at LBJ Hospital right here in Houston are born of women who are not here legally."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 an East Texas campaign stop.
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 10, 2010 a news release
A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2010
Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children
Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children
stated on July 15, 2010 a newsletter
By 12th grade, "more than 3 out of 10 girls have been pregnant at least once."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 22, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 4, 2010 a candidate forum
"Fifty-three percent of teens in Central Falls are getting pregnant."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010
Paula Dockery
Paula Dockery
stated on April 3, 2010 an opinion column in the Lakeland Ledger
"Teachers will not be able to return to work after raising their children."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 29, 2010 a debate
Says his executive order requiring young girls to be vaccinated against HPV wasn't mandatory.
Mostly False
February 6, 2010
Ronnie Earle
Ronnie Earle
stated on January 18, 2010 a speech
"Inequality in Texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 20, 2008 a campaign mailer
"Barack Obama has consistently voted against tougher penalties for criminals."  
False
October 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2008 a speech at a Chicago church
"More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children."
True
By Stephanie Garry • June 23, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.
"In the African-American community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
True
By Janet Zink • November 28, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 14, 2007 an interview on MSNBC
"I have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage."
Half-True
By Miranda Blue, Ryan Kelly • October 5, 2007
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