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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 12, 2011 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
The Obama administration has cut taxes on small businesses 17 times.
Mostly True
June 13, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would "privatize Medicare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Michael McAuliff
Michael McAuliff
stated on May 17, 2011 website article
"Tommy Thompson wanted to implant data chips in humans."
Mostly True
May 22, 2011
John Whitmire
John Whitmire
stated on May 3, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."
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May 16, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 a fundraising letter
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
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By Tom Feran • May 16, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 5, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2011
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on April 19, 2011 a speech
"One of three patients hospitalized (is) harmed by the care they receive."
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By Eric Stirgus • May 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 remarks at a campaign fundraiser
Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on April 10, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"The Republicans have demanded deep cuts in education. They've demanded cuts in cancer research and other research to find cures and treatments to diseases."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on March 23, 2011 a blog post.
A majority of the American people opposed the health care law when it was signed and still oppose it today.  
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By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2011
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 31, 2011 remarks on the House floor
"Ninety percent of Texans say they do not want the nursing homes to close. It polls higher than anything else."
Mostly True
April 2, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 19, 2011 a telephone news conference
Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule.
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By James Ewinger • March 16, 2011
Carol Alvarado
Carol Alvarado
stated on March 2, 2011 remarks on the House floor
Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.
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March 10, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on February 16, 2011 a New York Times column
Texas "ranks third in teen pregnancies... and it is No. 1 in repeat teen pregnancies."
Mostly True
March 7, 2011
Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
stated on February 27, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
The 2006 Massachusetts health care law has "added (only) about 1 percent to our state budget."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 19, 2011 a news release
At protests in Wisconsin against proposed collective bargaining changes, "phony sick notes (were) passed out to excuse striking union members."
Mostly True
February 21, 2011
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 1, 2011 a press release
Oregon families pay an extra $1,400 a year on higher insurance premiums to cover those who do not have insurance.
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By Charles Pope • February 12, 2011
Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters
"The two worst counties for (Medicaid) fraud in the country -- not state -- are Dade and Broward county."
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By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on January 16, 2011 a fact-sheet.
More people die from "medical misadventures" than firearm accidents nationally and in Florida.  
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By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2011
Lee Holloway
Lee Holloway
stated on January 12, 2011 a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors
"We’ve saved over $100 million of (health care) costs" in Milwaukee County. "I did that."
Mostly True
January 24, 2011
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