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Public Notice
Public Notice
stated on November 14, 2011 a political ad
"41 cents out of every dollar (the U.S. spends) is borrowed from places like China."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2011
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on November 3, 2011 an interview with Ohio Capital Blog’s Marc Kovac
"The governor won this state with 49 percent. We had some of the closest races in the House in history. So you’re not dealing with this 70-30, like they want to make it."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 14, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on November 1, 2011 an MSNBC interview with Al Sharpton
"More than half of the people on food stamps today are children."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 14, 2011
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on September 15, 2011 a letter to the the Postal Regulatory Commission chairwoman
"No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 11, 2011
Rod Smith
Rod Smith
stated on October 29, 2011 speech at Florida Democratic Party 2011 Convention
"Today 46 percent of all Floridians owe more on their home than it is worth."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2011 a conference call with reporters
Says Mitt Romney "is committed to overturning Roe vs. Wade, and he supports such amendments that define a life as beginning at the moment of conception."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 21, 2011 a talk at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H.
In Libya, "America spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • November 3, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 28, 2011 a web advertisement
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on gun control.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 2, 2011 a campaign ad
"Because of Barack Obama 32 million new people will have healthcare."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 2011
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on October 25, 2011 a video
Says some Wisconsin state employee contracts "gave some employees $4 for bringing in their own lunch."
Mostly True
November 2, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release
Attacks on Planned Parenthood "come at a time when the poverty rate among women is the highest in nearly two decades and 1 in 5 women under 65 don’t have access to health care."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 2, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.
Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 15, 2011 a website alert
Wisconsin’s concealed-carry permit rules demand more proof than other states that safety training requirements are met, rendering "all existing (training) certificates insufficient" as part of the permit application  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 31, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on October 12, 2011 a web ad.
"1.53 million jobs are at risk (from potential defense cuts)."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 29, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2011 a radio show interview
Says adding toll lanes on I-95 in Broward County improved rush-hour traffic for non-toll lanes from 25 mph to 45 mph.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 28, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 11, 2011 a Senate floor speech
Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 26, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 30, 2011 remarks at Politics & Eggs forum in Manchester, N.H.
Every month since 9/11, there have been as many suicide attacks against the United States and its allies as there were in all the years leading up to 9/11.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • October 24, 2011
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on October 13, 2011 a radio interview on WBGO’s “Newark Today”
Says "if you are shot in the city of Newark, you have over an 80 percent chance that you've been arrested before an average of 10 times."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • October 24, 2011
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 4, 2011 a campaign fundraising email
"During my tenure as governor, Wisconsin’s overall tax burden went DOWN."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2011
Anita Perry
Anita Perry
stated on October 14, 2011 a campaign stop.
"My son had to resign his job because of federal regulations that Washington has put on us."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 22, 2011
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