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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in in a town hall debate:
"George Bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2012
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
stated on October 12, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
Laurie Monnes Anderson "voted to let violent criminals out of jail early."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • October 19, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 in a U.S. Senate debate:
Says Bill Nelson voted "98 percent of the time" with Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Brittany Alana Davis • October 18, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in in a debate in Davie, Fla.:
In 2012, Connie Mack missed 178 votes, "one of the worst voting records" in Congress.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in debate comments:
Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney refused to say whether he'd sign the Lilly Ledbetter bill.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 in 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 in a television ad:
Says that Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 12, 2012
Raymond Frank
Raymond Frank
stated on October 7, 2012 in an advertisement.:
Says Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton has accepted $42,000 from strip-club interests and $10,000 from local alcohol distributors.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on October 1, 2012 in 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."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • October 11, 2012
Steven Teske
Steven Teske
stated on September 18, 2012 in 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.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on September 28, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says she "oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 9, 2012
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on September 23, 2012 in a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Says Texas lawmakers last year expanded public education’s share of state spending.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2012
Dan Sebring
Dan Sebring
stated on October 1, 2012 in 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.’
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in a presidential debate in Denver:
Massachusetts schools "are ranked No. 1 of all 50 states."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 5, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:
Says Paul Ryan’s budget would turn Medicare into a "voucher."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • October 5, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 29, 2012 in 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."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:
Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate:
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
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