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Cecilia Muñoz
Cecilia Muñoz
stated on February 1, 2012 in a post to the White House Blog:
"Most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • February 6, 2012
Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert
stated on January 12, 2012 in a U.S. Senate debate hosted by Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation:
Says "we brought crime rate down by 30 percent" when he was mayor of Dallas.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 3, 2012
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on January 9, 2012 in a speech on the state Senate floor:
"United States of America is twenty-sixth in school performance in the world."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 3, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says U.S. Senate Democrats "have gone without any budget at all" for more than 1,000 days.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2012
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on January 19, 2012 in a speech:
Savannah is home to "the fastest-growing port in the nation."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 31, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on January 7, 2012 in a press release:
"Congressman Phil Roe hands out $1.3M government check" from a federal program that "he voted against."
Mostly True
By Michael Collins • January 29, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 26, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:
"We balanced the budget with the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, and ultimately had four consecutive balanced budgets."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on January 10, 2012 in a newspaper column.:
"The U.S. gun homicide rate is 20 times the combined rate of other western nations."
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By Nancy Madsen • January 27, 2012
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 26, 2012 in a graphic circulating on the Internet:
Republican-leaning states get more in federal dollars than they pay in taxes.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2012
No Casinos
No Casinos
stated on January 19, 2012 in a television ad:
Nevada is No. 1 in unemployment, violent crime, car theft, divorce, robberies and foreclosures.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 25, 2012 in a Spanish-language radio ad:
Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address:
"In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 3, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Wisconsin Democrats during the previous administration adopted "double-digit tax increases."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address:
"Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.:
"Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
stated on January 6, 2012 in an interview.:
Says Texas does not regulate the appearance of some kinds of imitation firearms sold in Texas.
Mostly True
By Katie Glueck • January 24, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on December 18, 2011 in Op-Ed:
"[N]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 24, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 in a television ad:
"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012
Richard Codey
Richard Codey
stated on January 16, 2012 in a radio interview:
"And by the way, when I was governor, I did make the payment into the pension fund."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 23, 2012
William Perry
William Perry
stated on January 4, 2012 in an interview:
"Eleven states have enacted these pay-to-play reforms."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 23, 2012
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