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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.:
"The Canadians — they (dropped) their tax rates to 15 percent. The average tax rate on businesses in the industrialized world is 25 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2012
National Education Association
National Education Association
stated on September 27, 2012 a television ad:
Says that Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism
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By Stephen Koff • October 12, 2012
Raymond Frank
Raymond Frank
stated on October 7, 2012 an advertisement.:
Says Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton has accepted $42,000 from strip-club interests and $10,000 from local alcohol distributors.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on October 1, 2012 an interview on NJToday:
Says Chris Christie created "this new category where you could get laid off and just be totally denied unemployment benefits forever."
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By Bill Wichert • October 11, 2012
Steven Teske
Steven Teske
stated on September 18, 2012 an article:
High school students arrested on campus are twice as likely not to graduate and four times less likely to graduate if they’ve appeared in court.
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By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on September 28, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says she "oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 9, 2012
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on September 23, 2012 a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Says Texas lawmakers last year expanded public education’s share of state spending.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2012
Dan Sebring
Dan Sebring
stated on October 1, 2012 a radio ad:
Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore ‘is Wisconsin’s most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.’
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By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver:
Massachusetts schools "are ranked No. 1 of all 50 states."
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By Katie Sanders • October 5, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV:
Says Paul Ryan’s budget would turn Medicare into a "voucher."
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By Bill Wichert • October 5, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 29, 2012 a television interview:
"We're up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. We're actually, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in Ohio."
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By Tom Feran • October 5, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV:
Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."
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By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver:
"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate:
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
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By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Michael Julian Bond
Michael Julian Bond
stated on September 17, 2012 Atlanta City Council meeting:
Almost 400 arrests in the city last year for panhandling-related offenses involved just 78 suspects, an indication that the same people are panhandling over and over.
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By Janel Davis • October 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2012 a television ad:
Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • October 1, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release.:
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
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By Sean Gorman • October 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on September 17, 2012 a news release:
"Had the online change of address been in place in 2008 an estimated 130,000 voters who cast provisional ballots could have changed their address online and voted a regular ballot."
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By Reginald Fields • September 28, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 11, 2012 a campaign speech:
Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2012
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