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Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on April 14, 2013 an interview with Central Florida News 13:
"Rick Scott has paid down our debt by about $2 billion. Charlie Crist’s debt went up about $5 billion."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 17, 2013
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 14, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Says President Barack Obama "has allowed, each year he's been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... They've declined every year since President Bush left office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2013
Arizona Citizens Defense League
Arizona Citizens Defense League
stated on April 10, 2013 an email to supporters:
Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
American Bird Conservancy
American Bird Conservancy
stated on March 29, 2013 a press release:
A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature "would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2013
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 26, 2013 a Twitter post:
The Internal Revenue Service spent $60,000 on a "Star Trek" training video.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2013
Eva Marie Mancuso
Eva Marie Mancuso
stated on April 5, 2013 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers":
When the NECAP proficiency test is re-given to the kids the second and third time, harder questions are taken out.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2013
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on April 10, 2013 an interview with NPR:
"We have the fewest people employed in this country since 1979."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2013
Joe Negron
Joe Negron
stated on April 10, 2013 a gaggle of reporters:
Says PETA "is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 12, 2013
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
stated on April 9, 2013 a news release:
In South Carolina, women earn 76 cents on the dollar to men’s earnings.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 12, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2013 a Facebook post:
"Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 10, 2013
Sondy Pope
Sondy Pope
stated on March 30, 2013 in a news release:
"The vast majority of our public school students are receiving less state support than their private voucher peers."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 10, 2013
Dannel Malloy
Dannel Malloy
stated on April 3, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
Air travelers "can’t get on a plane in the United States without someone doing a background check" on them.
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 9, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on March 28, 2013 a meeting:
"In the last two years, I have supported and proposed $155 billion worth of targeting cuts. Dr. Gingrey has presented zero."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 9, 2013
B. Heath Mitchell
B. Heath Mitchell
stated on April 2, 2013 newspaper article:
The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 8, 2013
Jim Taricani
Jim Taricani
stated on March 24, 2013 a comment made on "10 News Conference.":
"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 22, 2013 a news release:
Says that even if his budget is adopted, private schools in the choice program would be getting about half the per-pupil funds that public schools receive
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 7, 2013
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on March 26, 2013 in a press release:
Preventive care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has already "helped Granite Staters save money and live healthier lives." 
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2013 a Facebook post:
A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 5, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on February 24, 2013 newspaper column:
"Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 3, 2013
Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz
stated on March 13, 2013 testimony before a House committee:
Says that Secretary of State Jon Husted and former secretary Jennifer Brunner both have supported a provision in Senate Bill 47 that would limit the days organizers have to collect signatures for initiative and referendum petitions.
Half-True
By Brandon Blackwell • April 1, 2013
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