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Eric Gray
Eric Gray
stated on November 3, 2011 a speech:
Georgia is one of seven states to lose jobs in 2011 and has lost 8,200 jobs so far.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 30, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a video ad:
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on his support for President Reagan’s policies.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • November 29, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 11, 2011 a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing:
"We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners."
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By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on November 15, 2011 in a campaign ad:
Says she "brought together business, labor and hospitals to give 94,000 Oregon children health care."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 26, 2011
Our Oregon
Our Oregon
stated on November 14, 2011 a statement on their website:
Says "we’re losing one voter every 13 minutes."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • November 23, 2011
D.A. King
D.A. King
stated on October 11, 2011 an op-ed:
Says Rick Perry "proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico."
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By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2011
DeKalb County
DeKalb County
stated on November 11, 2011 a brochure:
A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 21, 2011
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 a guest column:
Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’
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By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on "Meet the Press":
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
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By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 25, 2011 a speech:
"One-third of our college grads leave Ohio within three years."
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By Reginald Fields • November 17, 2011
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."
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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."
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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."
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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
By Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2011
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