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Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on December 12, 2011 a letter:
"[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • December 21, 2011
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on December 12, 2011 a speech:
Says Oregon canned blueberries will be cheaper in South Korea thanks to a trade agreement.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • December 20, 2011
Creative Advocacy Network
Creative Advocacy Network
stated on December 1, 2011 a tweet:
Says 77 percent "of Portland's students finish elementary school without taking even one art class."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • December 16, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 a Web video.:
"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."
Mostly True
By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011
Julia Sass Rubin
Julia Sass Rubin
stated on December 3, 2011 an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show:
"(The Opportunity Scholarship Act) would be funded directly from public school budgets. So it would absolutely take money out of the public school system to transfer to private and religious schools."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 15, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 18, 2011 a speech at Notre Dame's law school:
"They say teachers only make on average in New Jersey 60,000 dollars a year. They only work 180 days."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • December 12, 2011
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on December 5, 2011 an email blast.:
More Hispanics "have been elected statewide (in Texas) on the Republican ticket than on the Democratic ticket."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 12, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
In 1993, Newt Gingrich "first advocated for the individual mandate in health care. And as recently as May of this year, he was still advocating" for it.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2011
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on December 1, 2011 a campaign announcement video:
Says that as Wisconsin governor, "we ended welfare."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2011
Ohio Right to Life
Ohio Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2011 a news release:
"Ohio’s Planned Parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • December 9, 2011
Thomas Brown
Thomas Brown
stated on November 7, 2011 an interview:
"Most of, if not all of, the [DeKalb school construction] projects always came in on or were under budget."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • December 6, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 14, 2011 a news conference.:
The U.S. economy "is three times as big as China's."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • December 5, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today Show":
In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 23, 2011 a press conference:
Newt Gingrich’s immigration plan offers "a new doorway to amnesty."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2011
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on November 21, 2011 a column on bluejersey.com:
"(Chris Christie) has not paid one dollar of state money into our pension system, and then states that the system is broke."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 2, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 18, 2011 a forum at the University of Notre Dame:
Says "out of 588 school districts, we give 31 (former Abbott) districts 70 percent of the aid."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 1, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper column:
"President Obama's recent plan to cut $100 million of waste within his administration won't actually save money because he's going to spend it elsewhere."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • December 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 a letter to Nancy Pelosi:
"A part-time Congress with half the pay would still make $38,000 a year more than the average American family."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 1, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a Web ad:
Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011
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