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Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on August 12, 2013 in a speech:
Medicaid spending declined by 1.9 percent in 2012, the second such decline in 47 years.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 16, 2013
Matt Bevin
Matt Bevin
stated on August 6, 2013 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitch McConnell pushed "the Wall Street bailout through the U.S. Senate" and called it "the Senate at its finest."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 6, 2013 in a mayoral forum:
"For anybody who's trying to cross the street and has seen those signs that say you have to stop when pedestrians are in the crosswalk, that was a bill that I passed."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Katie Sanders • August 13, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on August 9, 2013 in a segment of his MSNBC show, "Politics Nation":
Says President Barack Obama "has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in," compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013
DuBose Porter
DuBose Porter
stated on August 12, 2013 in a meeting:
Says there are half as many students in one Georgia technical college than there were two years ago.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 12, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 17, 2013 in an interview:
On average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree."  
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By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on July 11, 2013 in an opinion article:
Says "in Oregon today, the average debt upon college graduation is more than $24,000."
Mostly True
By Yuxing Zheng • August 10, 2013
Mike Collins
Mike Collins
stated on August 1, 2013 in an interview:
Says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2013
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford
stated on August 6, 2013 in a mayoral debate:
"There is no planned air-conditioned restaurant out on the Lens."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 8, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 4, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on August 5, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC:
"Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 30, 2013 in an MSNBC interview:
Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • August 2, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2013 in a speech in Chattanooga, Tenn.:
"This year, we're off to our best private-sector jobs growth since 1999."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 in a commentary on CNN:
"A high school dropout makes on average $19,000 a year, a high school graduate makes $28,000 a year, a college graduate makes $51,000 a year."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • August 2, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech in Galesburg, Ill.:
The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference call:
"I was filibustered."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • July 29, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 25, 2013 in a newspaper ad:
Rick Scott  "invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonville's vital Mile Point Project," which "covered missing federal funds for the project."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 26, 2013
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on July 11, 2013 in an interview on NJToday:
"Most of the U.S. Senate is comprised of multimillionaires."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 25, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on July 17, 2013 in a letter to Education Commissioner Tony Bennett:
New school testing standards "will consume approximately twenty days of testing for elementary, middle and high school students."
Mostly True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • July 22, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 10, 2013 in an interview:
"We’re importing about 10 percent of our milk supply. We’re America’s Dairyland, but yet we don’t have enough milk in this state to meet the demand for our cheesemakers."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2013
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