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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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