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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 17, 2012 in a private campaign fundraiser:
"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
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By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2012
Paul Summers
Paul Summers
stated on September 2, 2012 in in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.:
Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.
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By Tom Humphrey • September 14, 2012
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on August 21, 2012 in a television ad, “Future.”:
$50,000. That's what every child owes today because Washington politicians have run up a huge spending tab and left our kids the bill."
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By Jake Berry • September 12, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 9, 2012 in an appearance on 'This Week.':
Says he and Mitt Romney "always said that we agree with the 2014 deadline" for leaving Afghanistan.
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By Molly Moorhead • September 11, 2012
Kal Penn
Kal Penn
stated on September 4, 2012 in his Democratic National Convention speech:
Says Obama doubled funding for the Pell Grant.
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By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2012
Herb Garrett
Herb Garrett
stated on August 3, 2012 in a letter:
Says Georgia will send more state money per child to state charter schools and that budget cuts are not applied to those charter schools.
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By Eric Stirgus • September 11, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 9, 2012 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":
"We’re seeing now 30 straight months of private-sector job growth, 4.6 million jobs created."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 10, 2012
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 31, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • September 10, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 in a speech:
"$500 billion of the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy goes to 120,000 families."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 9, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 in a convention speech:
Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.
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By Molly Moorhead • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on September 4, 2012 in a candidates debate:
Providence has "amongst the highest tax rate(s) in the entire country."
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By Tom Mooney • September 7, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on August 29, 2012 in an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times:
Says Charlie Crist "was pro-life, pro-gun and vehemently anti-tax."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"In the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4.5 million private-sector jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on September 5, 2012 in a Democratic National Convention speech:
Women "receive only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 in a keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"Seven presidents before (Barack Obama) -- Republicans and Democrats -- tried to expand health care to all Americans."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on August 23, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Merrimack, N.H.:
"Under President Bush in eight years, we added $4.9 trillion to the debt. Under President Obama, we've added $5.3 trillion to the debt in the 3.5 years he's been in office."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • September 5, 2012
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech:
Says opponents of the health care law  "prevailed on our two main arguments" to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • September 1, 2012
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the RNC:
The unemployment rate is declining faster in Tampa "than almost anywhere else."
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By Katie Sanders • August 31, 2012
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