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Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on June 7, 2010 a video on his campaign website
California's credit rating is "the worst in the country."
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By Alex Holt • June 11, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on May 9, 2010 a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 25, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
"Fifteen years ago, the assets of the six largest banks in this country totaled 17 percent of GDP ... The assets of the six largest banks in the United States today total 63 percent of GDP."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 27, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 28, 2010 a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday
"Since that famous day in February where the governor campaigned with Barack Obama on behalf of the stimulus program, 211,000 Floridians have lost their jobs."
True
March 28, 2010
Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
stated on March 10, 2010 an Internet ad.
Because of a local version of Amendment 4, "the taxpayers of St. Pete Beach have had to pay hundreds of thousands in legal bills."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 17, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on December 18, 2009 a news release
"The Florida Legislature raised taxes and fees by almost $2 billion" in the 2009 session.
True
By Lee Logan • March 8, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 2, 2010 a speech
"There's almost 1 million Texans who are unemployed and that's an all-time record number in our state."
True
March 7, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on March 4, 2010 a speech
"Debt has almost doubled in Austin under Gov. Perry."
True
March 4, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a debate.
Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 9, 2010
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on February 2, 2010 a Senate budget hearing
"The law is very clear! 'The monies recouped from the TARP shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury for the reduction of the public debt.'"
True
By Catharine Richert • February 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 2, 2010 a town meeting in New Hampshire
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a blog post
"President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent."
True
January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 a State of the Union speech
"We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 30, 2009 a press release
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 27, 2010
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn Maloney
stated on January 21, 2010 a floor speech in the House
Democratic presidents "have been considerably more effective at creating private-sector jobs."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2010 a televised interview
"The No. 1 issue that the American people care about is getting America back to work."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2010
Linda Chavez-Thompson
Linda Chavez-Thompson
stated on January 4, 2010 a speech
"Most Texans aren't millionaires."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.
"We definitely lost way more jobs in Texas this year than we gained — we lost 300,000 jobs in Texas alone this year."
True
January 15, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2009 remarks from the White House
"History tells us that job growth always lags behind economic growth."
True
November 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 9, 2009 a statement at the White House
"In the first round of repayments"  from financial institutions that received TARP money, "the government has actually turned a profit."
True
June 10, 2009
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