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Generation Opportunity
Generation Opportunity
stated on December 10, 2013 a Facebook post:
"Obamacare could force thousands of volunteer fire stations to cut service or close entirely!"
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 13, 2013
Senate Conservatives Fund
Senate Conservatives Fund
stated on December 9, 2013 as quoted by Politico:
"John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks and fund Obamacare."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 12, 2013
Oregon Business Association
Oregon Business Association
stated on December 9, 2013 the OBA's 2014 Work Plan:
"The middle class can be defined to include those with income between roughly $20,000 and $60,000."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • December 11, 2013
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
stated on December 2, 2013 its website:
"Defensive medicine costs Georgia up to $14 billion a year."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • December 11, 2013
David Madland
David Madland
stated on December 6, 2013 a broadcast of CNN's "Crossfire":
"The CBO just said if we cut this (unemployment benefits) extension, we will kill jobs, because those people who are looking for work won't have any money to spend."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2013
Heritage Foundation
Heritage Foundation
stated on December 5, 2013 a tweet:
"FACT: Repealing Obamacare would be easier than repealing Prohibition."
Half-True
By Lilly Maier • December 9, 2013
Cover Oregon
Cover Oregon
stated on November 25, 2013 an Internet ad campaign:
"For the cost of $5 vanilla soy latte a day, you can get a sweet health insurance plan to match."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • December 6, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on October 24, 2013 an email to a constituent:
Obamacare medical device tax "has led to the loss of thousands of jobs" in U.S.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on December 1, 2013 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
It's a good sign for Obamacare that in California, "the proportion of kids who are signing up is the proportion of kids in the population."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • December 5, 2013
James Capretta
James Capretta
stated on December 1, 2013 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
Obamacare is a "massive, massive income redistribution" with "$250 billion a year in Medicaid expansion (and) in the subsidy structure that's basically being paid for by people on Medicare, through Medicare cuts, and a lot of tax increases."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech at the Center for American Progress:
The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 4, 2013 a meme on social media:
"44% of homeless people are employed."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 19, 2013 a debate on the Senate floor:
"The recidivism rate is nearly 29 percent and has been climbing steadily since detainees began being released from Guantanamo."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on November 25, 2013 comments on his blog:
"Black people kill more black people every six months than the KKK did in 86 years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 27, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on November 14, 2013 a tweet:
"Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 27, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2013 the weekly Republican address:
"Republicans have proposed dozens of (health care) solutions designed to help control costs and improve quality."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • November 26, 2013
Causa Oregon
Causa Oregon
stated on November 14, 2013 a website statement:
"American voters remain steadfast in their support for immigration reform with a path to citizenship, with more than 70 percent who want to see reform passed this year."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • November 25, 2013
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on November 5, 2013 an interview:
"The state budget has actually grown by $4.6 billion under" Gov. Scott Walker’s actions.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 24, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 18, 2013 comments on “The Mike Huckabee Show”:
"You've got more people wanting to go moose hunting in New Hampshire than want Obamacare."    
Half-True
By Jim Haddadin • November 22, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 13, 2013 in a post on Twitter:
"500,000 people have signed up for #Obamacare."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2013
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