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Latest Fact-Checks In New Jersey

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Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on February 27, 2012 a speech at Rider University
Says "New Jersey has the most educated population of all the states in this country."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • March 23, 2012
Susan Cole
Susan Cole
stated on March 13, 2012 an interview on NJTV
"New Jersey loses net, that is minus those who come into the state, 30,000 students a year."
True
By Erin O'Neill • March 22, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on March 3, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
"Ninety percent of the people who work in this country work for companies under 100 people, maybe even less than that."
False
By Bill Wichert • March 21, 2012
John McKeon
John McKeon
stated on March 4, 2012 an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”
Says "the governor took away a billion dollars of rebates, so in real dollars, our property taxes have gone up 20 percent."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • March 19, 2012
Chris Smith
Chris Smith
stated on March 8, 2012 a speech on the House floor
Says there have been "well over" 54 million abortions since 1973.
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • March 18, 2012
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on March 8, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says "my plan is a property tax cut."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • March 15, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on February 24, 2012 an e-mail newsletter
"A clear majority of Americans support removing the cost-sharing requirement for prescription contraceptive coverage."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • March 12, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on February 13, 2012 a campaign video posted on YouTube
"They're paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • March 11, 2012
Wayne DeAngelo
Wayne DeAngelo
stated on February 27, 2012 a Letter to the Editor in The Times of Trenton
"If we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty in New Jersey."
True
By Erin O'Neill • March 9, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech
Says the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget "is still below the level of state spending when I took office."
True
By Bill Wichert • March 8, 2012
Gary Chiusano
Gary Chiusano
stated on February 26, 2012 an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”
Says pension contributions under Gov. Chris Christie would represent "75 percent of the total contribution made between the years 1995 and 2010. That's right, in 15 years, total state contribution was only $2.1 billion."
False
By Bill Wichert • March 7, 2012
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on February 28, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says State Comptroller Matthew Boxer "pointed out that many towns are artificially lowering the real estate values that they report to Trenton" in order to "get hundreds of millions of dollars of additional school aid. This is the kind of fraud that needs to be addressed immediately."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • March 5, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 an interview on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight”
Says "we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years."
False
By Erin O'Neill • March 4, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 23, 2012 an interview on WBGO’s “Newark Today”
"We've seen in this last year tremendous things happening, including our unemployment rate come down 2 percentage points."
False
By Erin O'Neill • March 1, 2012
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
stated on February 15, 2012 a radio interview
Says "half the Americans don't pay any income taxes."
True
By Bill Wichert • February 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 26, 2012 an interview on CBS News’ "Face the Nation"
"(President Barack Obama) said unemployment was never gonna go over 8 percent if we passed the stimulus plan."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • February 27, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech
Says private-sector job growth in 2011 "places New Jersey in the top third among all of the states."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 27, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech
"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines more of its citizens -- to institutions than New Jersey. "
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • February 26, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on February 1, 2012 a speech on the House floor
Says "sixty-two percent of small businesses over the last five years went under because they couldn't pay their health care bills."
False
By Bill Wichert • February 24, 2012
New Jersey Senate Democrats
New Jersey Senate Democrats
stated on January 18, 2012 a press release
"The governor is trying to take credit for recent actions taken by these companies. The problem is that for all three companies, the decision to move or stay in New Jersey happened before Chris Christie became governor."  
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • February 23, 2012
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