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Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on April 30, 2013 a fundraising email:
"Six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • May 6, 2013
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
stated on April 28, 2013 a Voters Guide.:
Says proponents of a bond package for the Austin school district say the district has the second-lowest bond tax rate "among the Central Texas area school districts."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2013
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
stated on April 28, 2013 a voters guide.:
Says opponents of proposed Austin school district bonds say the district’s "debt load doubles with these new bonds."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 30, 2013 a White House news conference:
For people with insurance, the only impact of the health care law "is that their insurance is stronger, better and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That's it. They don't have to worry about anything else."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 29, 2013 a Facebook post:
"Every Florida teacher gets a pay raise."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 1, 2013
Friends of Miami First
Friends of Miami First
stated on April 23, 2013 a mailer:
The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2013
Marina Dimitrijevic
Marina Dimitrijevic
stated on April 25, 2013 a news release:
The Milwaukee County Board approved a reform package by a 15-3 vote, "meaning Board Supervisors’ salaries will be cut by 20 percent" and "the Board’s budget will be cut by 50 percent."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 1, 2013
Renee Unterman
Renee Unterman
stated on March 26, 2013 a speech:
Says state Senate leaders have accepted $142,400 in campaign contributions from dentists and pharmacists during the past two years.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 1, 2013
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 14, 2013 a TV appearance.:
Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are "down 40 percent" under President Barack Obama.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • May 1, 2013
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 26, 2013 a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2013
Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on April 16, 2013 a speech:
"Do you know those former Soviet Bloc countries have all moved to flat taxes?"
Half-True
By Chris Joyner • April 29, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 22, 2013 a statement on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program:
"If anyone should know irresponsible it should be Senator Buono. She’s the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that I had to fix. Her mistakes. And for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. Her mistakes, along with her partner Jon Corzine."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • April 28, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate speech published on YouTube:
"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 28, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on April 21, 2013 a column in the South Florida Sun Sentinel:
The election bill "allows persons to correct an absentee ballot if they did not sign it and requires an extra two hours a day for early voting. Everything else in this bill is discretionary."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 23, 2013
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on March 26, 2013 a speech:
About 3 percent of Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointments have been African-American.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 23, 2013
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on April 12, 2013 a TV interview:
Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away from them."
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • April 23, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 11, 2013 a speech:
Says Abraham Lincoln supported an agreement that allowed slavery in New Mexico "and a law to return runaway slaves to their owners."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2013
David Furhman
David Furhman
stated on March 12, 2013 an interview:
The decision to remove Chick-fil-A from Emory University was based solely on student feedback.
Half-True
By Karishma Mehrotra • April 19, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 8, 2013 a tweet promoting Equal Pay Day:
"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 14, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The immigration proposal from the Gang of Eight "is not amnesty."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 17, 2013
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