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Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on March 10, 2012 in a candidates' forum.:
Says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 10, 2012
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on April 4, 2012 in a press conference:
"Lean, finely textured beef is the proper name [not pink slime], and it is a safe, widely used product."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2012 in a TV ad.:
 "Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."  
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By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • April 9, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 27, 2012 in a press release:
"As the usage [of synthetic marijuana] has dramatically increased, instances of violence, bodily harm and even death have risen with it."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 9, 2012
James Durkan
James Durkan
stated on April 6, 2012 in a statement on his campaign website.:
Adding ethanol to gas "raises food costs."
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By Michael Collins • April 6, 2012
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on March 31, 2012 in an email blast.:
Says Jeff Wentworth was the only Republican to vote against the Texas measure requiring women to have a sonogram before receiving an abortion.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 in remarks to the Newspaper Association of America:
Says Ronald Reagan "understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2012
Donald Verrilli
Donald Verrilli
stated on March 27, 2012 in a Supreme Court hearing on health care law:
Says when New Jersey adopted guaranteed coverage and cost provisions without a mandate individual health insurance market rates "doubled or tripled" and enrollment dropped from 180,000 people to 80,000 people.
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By Erin O'Neill • April 4, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on March 5, 2012 in an op-ed column.:
In "the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 4, 2012
Scott Lingamfelter
Scott Lingamfelter
stated on February 22, 2012 in a news release.:
Tim Kaine "reduced higher education funding by 25 percent when he was governor, driving up tuition..."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2012
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on March 27, 2012 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
"We have the lowest per-capita spending of any state in the nation" except for South Dakota.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 3, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 26, 2012 in a radio interview:
"Last year, we produced 14 percent less oil on public lands than we did the year before."
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By Stephen Koff • April 2, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 26, 2012 in an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report":
"Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 29, 2012
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on February 27, 2012 in a speech at Rider University:
Says "New Jersey has the most educated population of all the states in this country."
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By Bill Wichert • March 23, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 29, 2012 in a House of Representatives floor speech:
Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 22, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on March 11, 2012 in a TV interview.:
"This bill allows Virginia to join about 23 other states that have an ultrasound procedure" before an abortion.
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By Nancy Madsen • March 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 in an Obama campaign film:
Because of the new health care law, "Americans no longer will see their coverage dropped or capped when illness strikes."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 15, 2012 in a campaign video:
By the time Obama took office, "The Bush administration had given the car companies $13 billion and the money was now gone."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 19, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on February 23, 2012 in an interview:
"We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for the city of Atlanta."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 19, 2012
Chris Smith
Chris Smith
stated on March 8, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:
Says there have been "well over" 54 million abortions since 1973.
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By Erin O'Neill • March 18, 2012
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