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Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on November 27, 2012 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 2012
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