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Latest Fact-Checks In New Jersey

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 23, 2012 an Assembly Budget Committee hearing
On transportation financing
Half Flip
By Caryn Shinske • May 27, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 23, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says Democratic legislators this year "don't want to cut your taxes under any circumstances."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • May 25, 2012
Shelley Adler
Shelley Adler
stated on May 4, 2012 an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”
Says Jon Runyan voted to "end programs to aid homeless veterans."
False
By Erin O'Neill • May 24, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 4, 2012 a speech at an American Federation for Children event
Says New Jersey’s prison system is "61 percent African-American even though our state is just 13 percent black."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 21, 2012
Jon Runyan
Jon Runyan
stated on May 4, 2012 an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”
Says "as we sit right now, Medicare, if we do nothing, will be gone in eight years, if we do nothing to it."
False
By Bill Wichert • May 20, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on May 3, 2012 an interview on WOR 710-AM's "The John Gambling Show"
"New Jersey has the largest transit system in the entire country."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 17, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 12, 2012 a chain e-mail
Says President Barack Obama’s finance team is recommending a "1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
Pants on Fire!
By Erin O'Neill • May 16, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on May 8, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says in regard to providing "more tax cuts for the rich," Bill Pascrell said, "Republicans had great ideas. I liked some of their ideas."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • May 14, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview on The Dom Giordano Show
Says in March New Jersey was "one of only eight states in the nation to lose jobs" and "the state with the highest loss of jobs in the nation."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • May 13, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on May 3, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
"Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • May 11, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on April 1, 2012 an interview with on NJTV's "On The Record."
New Jersey has "the highest property taxes in the nation and not by a little. They are the highest property taxes in the nation, more than double the national average."
True
By Caryn Shinske • May 10, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 4, 2012 a speech at a Cato Institute event
"We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 9, 2012
Nia Gill
Nia Gill
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview on NJToday
"There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 9, 2012
Anthony Bucco
Anthony Bucco
stated on May 1, 2012 a news release
Says "an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton" is responsible for "years of diversions" from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • May 7, 2012
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on April 30, 2012 an op-ed published on NorthJersey.com
Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "would effectively double the interest paid out on existing and future student loans."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • May 6, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 30, 2012 a chain e-mail
Says President Barack Obama "added" $6.5 trillion to the national debt in his first term, more than the $6.3 trillion added by the previous 43 presidents combined.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • May 4, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on April 26, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor
Says "in our gun laws we’re allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. The loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 3, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on April 30, 2012 a news release
"Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 2, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on April 18, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says "Bill Pascrell voted to eliminate all estate taxes for billionaires, and I voted no."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • April 30, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on April 17, 2012 a blog post on his campaign website
"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 29, 2012
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