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Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on April 15, 2013 a press conference with Gov. Rick Perry, April 15, 2013
Says businesses pay roughly 60 percent of taxes in Texas.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 26, 2013
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on April 15, 2013 a news release about tax reform
"The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
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By Caryn Shinske • April 25, 2013
Texas Association of School Boards
Texas Association of School Boards
stated on April 24, 2013 an advertisement.
"Texas ranks 49th in per-pupil funding among the states."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 24, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2013 a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013
Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.
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By Sue Owen • April 24, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on April 9, 2013 a Facebook posting
"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 24, 2013
Peter King
Peter King
stated on April 22, 2013 an interview with MSNBC
The Boston Marathon bombing "is the fifth case" in which U.S. government officials examined individuals potentially involved in terrorism "and felt they were no threat and they went on to carry out terrorist murders."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on April 17, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
"No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • April 22, 2013
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on March 12, 2013 a statement.
Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."
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By Sean Gorman • April 22, 2013
John Barrow
John Barrow
stated on April 5, 2013 a letter
Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.
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By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2013
Ohio Public Defender's Office
Ohio Public Defender's Office
stated on April 12, 2013 a newspaper interview
"The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research that's out there says that it has no positive impact on the public safety."
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By Tom Feran • April 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden
A "wide majority of NRA households ... supported this legislation" on gun background checks.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate Education Committee meeting.
Says Texas ranks 49th nationally in "what we are doing to support our per-pupil investment in education in the state."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2013
The Tax Foundation
The Tax Foundation
stated on April 12, 2013 a press release
"We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 17, 2013
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on April 4, 2013 Texas House debate on state budget.
Says Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2013
Jodie Laubenberg
Jodie Laubenberg
stated on April 4, 2013 a Texas House floor debate.
Says Texas state funds were spent on "a TV series on spouses cheating on their wives, kind of glorifying the act of cheating."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on April 9, 2013 a TV ad
"Under Republican Chris Christie, New Jersey had the highest increase in unemployment in the country last year. Nearly 1 in 10 jobless. The worst unemployment in the region. Near the bottom in economic growth, yet Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires but vetoed a minimum wage hike."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • April 14, 2013
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on March 29, 2013 a tweet
Says the 2010-11 New Hampshire budget ended with an $18 million surplus, while the Republican-led 2012-13 budget has a $40 million deficit.
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By Jake Berry • April 11, 2013
Brian Anderson
Brian Anderson
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate Rules Committee meeting
"Pasco County has the second highest population of homeless in all of Florida."
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By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
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By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
Nadine Smith
Nadine Smith
stated on March 27, 2013 a press release
"The financial penalties imposed" on gay couples "can cost us more than $300,000 compared with married heterosexual couples over a lifetime."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2013
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