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Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on December 13, 2011 an opinion column.:
Says up to a quarter of African Americans don’t have government photo ID.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 14, 2012
Stacey Campfield
Stacey Campfield
stated on December 21, 2011 interview with Knoxville News Sentinel's Tom Humphrey.:
Says a drug test can be performed for "just $4 or $5."
Mostly True
By Steve Ahillen • January 13, 2012
Kriner Cash
Kriner Cash
stated on November 3, 2011 a presentation to Shelby County's schools merger Transition Planning Commission:
The education tax burden for Shelby County -- and Tennessee -- is "one of the lowest in the country."
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • January 13, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 the video "When Mitt Romney Came to Town":
Mitt Romney is "tearing down his 3,000-square-foot house to build an 11,000-square-foot house."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2012
Einer Elhauge
Einer Elhauge
stated on January 5, 2012 a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine:
"In 1790, the first Congress, which was packed with framers, required all ship owners to provide medical insurance for seamen; in 1798, Congress also required seamen to buy hospital insurance for themselves. In 1792, Congress enacted a law mandating that all able-bodied citizens obtain a firearm."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2012
Reed Gusciora
Reed Gusciora
stated on January 9, 2012 a news release:
"Opinion polls show that the majority of Americans, and the majority of New Jerseyans, favor marriage equality for same sex couples."
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By Bill Wichert • January 12, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 State of the State address:
Says the state tax burden per citizen in New York is twice as high as in Florida.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address:
"In the past year, Floridians, not government, created almost 135,000 new private sector jobs. We netted more than 120,000 total jobs in the first 11 months of 2011; the third most of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 17, 2011 a news release:
Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.
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By Tom Feran • January 9, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 8, 2012 an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.:
The EPA was asked about an environmental citation for the city landfill in Nashua, N.H. but "didn’t know" why it was cited.
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By Maryalice Gill • January 8, 2012
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 12, 2011 an interview on CNN’s ‘Out Front’:
Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 28, 2011 an editorial board meeting with an Iowa newspaper:
"Our income, our GDP per capita, is almost 50 percent higher than (it is for) the average European."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 6, 2011 a TV airing in Florida:
Says he "helped save" the Olympic games.
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By Matt Clary • January 6, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 19, 2012 a news conference:
"We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • January 6, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on December 25, 2011 an appearance on WPRI's Newsmakers:
"I think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent" when it came to contributing to the Providence pension fund.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 30, 2011 a congressional hearing:
"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 4, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 an online video:
Says Rick Santorum voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 20, 2011 a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.:
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • December 28, 2011
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 27, 2011 a news show:
"We have one of the highest percentages per capita of nonprofits in this state of any state in the union."
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By Alex Kuffner • December 25, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 an Iowa TV ad.:
Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2011
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