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Latest Fact-Checks By Ciara O'Rourke

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stated on August 24, 2010 a newspaper ad:
Gov. Rick Perry "has overseen the highest Texas unemployment in 22 years."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke • August 28, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2010 a press release:
"Taxpayer money will provide iPod Touch devices to high school students in Utah, BlackBerry smart phones to smokers who kick the habit and funding for a study of exotic ants in East Africa."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 24, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2010 a press release:
Says Bill White is refusing to debate.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 22, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech:
Says Barack Obama didn't keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 21, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2010 a speech at the University of Texas at Austin:
"The unemployment rate for folks who've never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 17, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on July 1, 2010 a floor speech:
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 15, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on July 19, 2010 a message on Twitter:
Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 2, 2010
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention:
"We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 25, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 26, 2010 a press release:
On debating.
Full Flop
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke • July 24, 2010
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on July 6, 2010 a segement on The Colbert Report:
"It turns out that Texas has an $18 billion budget shortfall and can't afford its new science textbooks."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 23, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview with CNBC:
"We have more kids take the SAT than any other state in the nation. I mean a high percentage of our kids take the SAT."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2010
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee
stated on July 15, 2010 a special order speech on the U.S. House floor:
"Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 21, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 9, 2010 a Talking Points Memo article:
"There have been 30 published polls in this election cycle and Harry Reid's been trailing in every single one."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 17, 2010
Scott Hochberg
Scott Hochberg
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at a caucus at the Texas Democratic convention:
"Only about a third" of Texans who enroll in college graduate.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 13, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 1, 2010 a conference call with Texas reporters:
"Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on June 16, 2010 an e-mail:
Says Rep. Ken Legler "voted against installing fire sprinklers and emergency power generators in nursing homes."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2010
Carol Morgan
Carol Morgan
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention:
"We’re No. 1 in child hunger."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 3, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 27, 2010 comments on 'Meet the Press':
"Phoenix, Arizona, is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2010
Ted Ankrum
Ted Ankrum
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech:
Says U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul is "the sixth-richest person in Congress."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2010
Bryan Underwood
Bryan Underwood
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech:
"Ninety-six percent of the last session, (U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar) voted with Nancy Pelosi."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 26, 2010
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