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Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on November 27, 2012 an interview on MSNBC’s Jansing and Co.
Social Security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • December 10, 2012
Todd Hunter
Todd Hunter
stated on November 26, 2012 a Texas Tribune interview.
Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 6, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 26, 2012 an interview
Says he first unveiled his new legislative agenda in Wisconsin, not in California as critics complain  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 2, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 27, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says in January 1992, George H. W. Bush "probably had a 90 percent or even higher approval rating after the first Gulf War."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • December 2, 2012
Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on November 19, 2012 an interview aired by Austin’s KTBC-TV, Channel 7
Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 30, 2012
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on November 10, 2012 a speech.
Says the state is required "pick up 70 percent of the cost" of K-12 education.
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 30, 2012
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on November 16, 2012 a press release
Says Gov. Scott Walker has "led people to believe that if Wisconsin doesn’t implement a (health-care) exchange, Obamacare doesn’t happen here."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 25, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on November 13, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor
Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be."  
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 25, 2012
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on November 9, 2012 a proposed ordinance.
Says the initial Portland plastic bag ban represented "only a modest share of total single-use checkout bag use."
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 20, 2012
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters
Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on October 25, 2012 an election flier
Says Mike Dovilla supports a plan "that could allow a foreign corporation to take over the Ohio Turnpike" 
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • November 12, 2012
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 4, 2012 a TV interview
Says Jeb Bush "extended early voting" after seeing "long lines."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on November 2, 2012 in a TV ad
"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down (a Marion, Ind. paper) plant."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 5, 2012
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on October 18, 2012 a campaign mailer to New Hampshire residents
Says Ovide Lamontagne wants to eliminate kindergarten.
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • November 3, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 25, 2012 a campaign ad
"After Patrick Murphy’s charges were dropped, Murphy’s father gave the prosecutor a huge campaign donation."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 2, 2012
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
stated on October 31, 2012 a radio ad
Says Mitt Romney wants to "get rid of Planned Parenthood."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2012
Voters First Ohio
Voters First Ohio
stated on September 25, 2012 a news story
Says the NAACP's Ohio chapter has endorsed Issue 2.
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • November 1, 2012
Tere McCann
Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 26, 2012 a campaign commercial “Principle” about U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass, R-NH airing in New Hampshire
Says Charlie Bass supports Paul Ryan plan that forces seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care so millionaires can pay less in taxes.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Maryalice Gill • October 31, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate
Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law.
Mostly False
October 30, 2012
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