Fact Check Posts – Page 132

Marco Rubio
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully."

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on September 29, 2013 a newspaper op-ed:

According to a federal report, Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.

By Janel Davis • October 22, 2013

Mark Obenshain
stated on October 4, 2013 a campaign brochure.:

"Mark Herring voted to allow sex offenders, including rapists, to serve shorter sentences."

By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • October 21, 2013

Tim Curtis
stated on October 15, 2013 a meeting about Common Core in Tampa:

Common Core means "there are over 300 data elements the government is going to be collecting about your children and about you."

By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2013

Louie Gohmert
stated on October 15, 2013 an interview with Fox News:

"We went from $160 billion deficit spending in (President George W.) Bush's last year to $1.6 trillion the following year."

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2013

Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 16, 2013 an interview with CBS News:

The "president has given 1,100 special waivers to his friends" for Obamacare.

By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2013

Michael Thurmond
stated on October 3, 2013 a community meeting:

When SACS came back to the DeKalb County School District to give a midterm review, we got straight A’s.

By Janel Davis • October 17, 2013

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in a press release:

Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "

By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law:

"Neville Chamberlain told the British people: ‘Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.’"

By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2013

Jennifer Horn
stated on October 23, 2013 remarks at a party fundraiser:

Says Jeanne Shaheen "got behind the idea of using the IRS to target American citizens for their political views."

By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 an advertisement:

Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."

By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013

Jennifer Parrish
stated on September 5, 2013 a newspaper commentary:

"Six years after unionization, 20,000 fewer children in Illinois were being served by the Child Care and Development Fund program."

By Gregory Smith • October 13, 2013

Citizens for Fairness
stated on October 9, 2013 in a campaign mailer:

Amanda Murphy has "two vacation homes around the world."

By Rich Shopes • October 12, 2013

Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 9, 2013 a campaign mailer:

Bill Gunter would "drain millions from local public schools, and give our tax dollars to private, for-profit schools run by out-of-state corporations."

By Rich Shopes • October 12, 2013

Gail Collins
stated on October 3, 2013 her opinion column:

Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'"

By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2013

David Pennington
stated on September 19, 2013 a public meeting:

Any state tax law has to start in the House and the renewal of the state hospital bed tax this year started in the Senate, which is unconstitutional.

By Janel Davis • October 9, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 Senate floor speech on the Obamacare law:

"Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2013

Jim Moran
stated on September 12, 2013 a statement.:

The growth in health care costs "has been reined in through the Affordable Care Act."

By Sean Gorman • October 4, 2013

Georgia Gun Owners
stated on August 10, 2013 a flier:

Says "Nathan Deal killed pro-gun bills in 2013."

By Eric Stirgus • October 1, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on September 27, 2013 remarks at the White House:

"The United States Senate — Democrats and Republicans — (voted) to keep our government open."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2013

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