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Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2014 a speech.:
"We expanded charter" schools.
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By Nancy Madsen • January 13, 2014
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on December 31, 2013 an article posted on the group’s website:
"State Rep. Kathleen Peters has a 100 percent pro-abortion voting record – even voting against a ban on sex-selection abortions."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • January 9, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 30, 2013 a press release:
Payday lenders profit "from the poor by charging 1,000-plus" percent "interest."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 8, 2014
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2014 comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
The federal health care law tells "the American people precisely what type of coverage they have to have."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • January 5, 2014
Marie Corfield
Marie Corfield
stated on December 30, 2013 a column on BlueJersey.com:
Says New Jersey has "the highest unemployment rate in the region" and "stagnant job growth."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • January 5, 2014
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on December 19, 2013 a Tweet:
"More Americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe Obamacare is affordable."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 3, 2014
David Rible
David Rible
stated on November 30, 2013 an interview on NJTV's 'On the Record' with Michael Aron program:
"This governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • December 29, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on December 10, 2013 an email blast:
"This is the first time in Texas history -- and only the fourth time in United States history -- that two women are running for the top spots."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2013
Teresa Ghilarducci
Teresa Ghilarducci
stated on December 15, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Up":
"A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 28, 2013 speech to the Nashua Rotary Club :
"I’m ninth generation from New Hampshire."
Half-True
By Jim Haddadin • December 20, 2013
Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions
stated on December 15, 2013 an oped column:
Federal law for Obamacare navigators "does not bar — or even require screening for — convicted felons, including individuals convicted of identity theft or fraud."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 20, 2013
Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert
stated on December 18, 2013 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle":
"There never really was a 'Hastert Rule.' "
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 19, 2013
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on December 14, 2013 a Facebook post:
"The latest Quinnipiac poll found that nearly six-in-ten Americans oppose ObamaCare -- 30% support the law and 57% oppose it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2013
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on December 16, 2013 a broadcast of "Hardball":
"Every dollar spent in the new Obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 3, 2013 a post on her campaign website:
Greg Abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2013
National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
stated on October 31, 2013 a news release:
Goodwill Industries International pays workers with disabilities wages as low as pennies per  hour.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • December 18, 2013
Sam Houston
Sam Houston
stated on December 13, 2013 a campaign web page:
Says he would have "almost twice the actual experience practicing law" Greg Abbott did on becoming attorney general of Texas.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 16, 2013
Revitalize Cobb
Revitalize Cobb
stated on November 22, 2013 a flier:
The new Atlanta Braves stadium will require no tax increase for homeowners and provide $3 million annually for Cobb County schools.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 16, 2013
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on December 15, 2013 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
A gun "background check is futile. Something like 42 (people during the) last year … were prosecuted for trying to buy a gun with a criminal record out of 11 million."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 5, 2013 an interview:
Under President Obama’s health-care reforms, the premium for "an average plan for a family didn't go down by $2,500 per year, it's gone up about $2,500 per year."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2013
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