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Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on September 25, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
With Obamacare, "we're fixing to get hit with the biggest entitlement program the American taxpayers have ever seen."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on September 16, 2013 a Republican lieutenant governor candidate forum:
"I’ve been reducing the number of Democratic" Texas Senate committee "chairs since I came in" as lieutenant governor.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2013
Texans for America's Future PAC
Texans for America's Future PAC
stated on September 18, 2013 a radio ad:
"Thanks to (Rick) Perry's bad budgeting, the (Texas) highway department has to convert some modern paved state roads back to gravel."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 20, 2013 a press release:
"The American people support defunding Obamacare and oppose shutting down the government."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on September 18, 2013 a campaign ad:
"The president’s own advisers have said there’s a war on coal."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2013
Jason Stanford
Jason Stanford
stated on September 16, 2013 an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman:
Wendy Davis is "the most popular politician in Texas."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • September 23, 2013
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on September 18, 2013 a legislative hearing:
"We’ve used (generally accepted accounting principles) here in this building the last two years."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 22, 2013
The Political Line
The Political Line
stated on September 11, 2013 a Twitter post:
"Since sequester began federal employment has been subtracting 6,000-7,000 jobs per month"
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • September 20, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 17, 2013 a TV ad.:
"Cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal, even in cases of rape and incest, even to protect a woman’s health."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • September 19, 2013
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview:
The Capitol Police force is "going so far as to use paramilitary equipment" in dealing with singing protesters in Madison
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 19, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on September 10, 2013 a mayoral forum:
"Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so they've got a much bigger problem than we do."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 30, 2013 an interview:
Says potential Democratic opponent Mary Burke "implemented the policies of Jim Doyle. Those are the policies that, in his last term, saw the state lose more than 133,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • September 18, 2013
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”:
Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 17, 2013 a speech to Louisiana Democrats:
In 2012, the state "put together a list of over 100,000 people that they thought were ineligible to vote. Came out there were less than 10."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 7, 2013 an interview with the "Washington Post":
In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2013
Ted Yoho
Ted Yoho
stated on September 4, 2013 an interview on Fox Business Network:
Chemical weapons have been used "probably 20 times" since the Persian Gulf War.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 a speech at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit:
"We will have the highest general revenue in state history next year. Conservative pro-growth policies work in our state."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2013
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on August 8, 2013 a news release:
Says Obama "exempted Congress and their staff from the full effect of the (health care) law."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • September 5, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 30, 2013 a Senate floor colloquy:
Obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and Mount Rushmore could be built 1,547 times over "with the paperwork."
Mostly False
By Andra Lim • September 3, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on August 23, 2013 a tweet.:
Says Ken Cuccinelli supported a law that could allow people to carry missile launchers into airports.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • September 3, 2013
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