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Colleen Kiernan
Colleen Kiernan
stated on May 14, 2012 an interview:
"For every one mile of light-rail track that will be built, 16 miles of new road capacity will be built."  
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 25, 2012
John Bradley
John Bradley
stated on May 14, 2012 an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 24, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2012 on the Internet:
Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history," because it's actually risen "slower than at any time in nearly 60 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2012
Colleen Kiernan
Colleen Kiernan
stated on May 14, 2012 an interview:
"Right now, we have the lowest gas tax of anywhere in the country."
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By Eric Stirgus • May 22, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on May 8, 2012 attack ad for TV:
"A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional."
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By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on May 13, 2012 Facebook and Twitter posts:
Says he posted a "win" in the Republican Party of Wisconsin endorsement contest in the U.S. Senate primary.
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 18, 2012
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on April 14, 2012 a TV interview.:
Says he represents or has represented about half the San Antonio-rooted district in which he seeks election.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on May 3, 2012 an interview on WOR 710-AM's "The John Gambling Show":
"New Jersey has the largest transit system in the entire country."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 14, 2012 a TV ad:
After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."
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By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead • May 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 16, 2012 remarks in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
There are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 16, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 10, 2012 TV interview:
Florida has "1,200 golf courses. I think 58 million rounds played a year in Florida. We’ve got 44 percent of all travel golf in the country here. 5 million people come here just for golf."
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By Katie Sanders • May 11, 2012
Jennifer Williamson
Jennifer Williamson
stated on May 3, 2012 a campaign mailer:
Says "One-third of our healthcare dollars go to wasteful insurance billing and bureaucracy."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • May 11, 2012
Dominic Chavez
Dominic Chavez
stated on March 30, 2012 a campaign video:
Says since 2000, Austin’s "tax burden" rose more than 40 percent while family income rose more than 20 percent.
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By Sue Owen • May 11, 2012
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on April 5, 2012 a statement:
If Congress froze the current spending level and then cut it by 2 percent annually, "we could balance the budget in five years."
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By Nancy Madsen • May 10, 2012
Shaun Ireland
Shaun Ireland
stated on March 30, 2012 a campaign video on the city's website:
Says no Austin City Council "member lives south of" Lady Bird Lake "or north of 45th Street."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • May 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website:
Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."
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By Becky Bowers • May 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2012 a campaign speech in Ohio:
Mitt Romney has "proposed cutting his own taxes while raising them on 18 million working families."
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By Molly Moorhead • May 8, 2012
Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 25, 2012 a speech in the Ohio House:
Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."
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By Joe Guillen • May 8, 2012
A C Wharton
A C Wharton
stated on April 16, 2012 an interview about his city budget proposal.:
"We will not ask for a tax increase to run city government."
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • May 6, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate :
Says  "I don’t agree with Mr. Hales that we should give a sweeping break to the developers to allow them to build that infill housing without paying for those very basics."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
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