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Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on September 2, 2011 interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show
Says 600,000 to 700,000 government workers have been laid off in the last year and a half
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By Erin O'Neill • September 12, 2011
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 1, 2011 a talk show discussion
"Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state."
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By Lynn Arditi • September 11, 2011
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 6, 2011 a statement
Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin ranks "as the most liberal member of the House."
Mostly True
September 9, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 2, 2011 a campaign commercial
"Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job."
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By Joe Guillen • September 9, 2011
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on August 21, 2011 a Providence Journal commentary
"This year, the Blackstone Valley Mayoral Academy became the first public school in Rhode Island history to have 100 percent of its elementary-age students proficient in reading on state assessments."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2011 a Labor Day speech in Detroit
A bipartisan payroll tax cut championed by the White House has meant that "the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket" this year.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2011
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on August 22, 2011 a meeting
Rail "doesn’t do a great job in lessening traffic."
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By Willoughby Mariano • September 6, 2011
Vincent Barrella
Vincent Barrella
stated on August 22, 2011 a column published on NJ.com
"Point Pleasant Beach does not own its beaches; they are privately owned and operated by businesses such as Jenkinson’s"
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By Caryn Shinske • September 5, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 15, 2011 a town hall in Litchfield, N.H.
Says that 500,000 federal workers -- one-fourth of the federal workforce -- make more than $100,000 a year.
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By Kevin Landrigan • September 3, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on August 22, 2011 campaign literature.
Takes credit for "substantially reducing the size of the state workforce."
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By Sean Gorman • September 3, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 a house party in New Hampshire
Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history."
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • September 2, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 22, 2011 an e-mail to Democratic supporters
"H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate."
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By Joe Guillen • September 2, 2011
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on August 22, 2011 a press release
"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."
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By Eric Stirgus • August 30, 2011
Jim Petro
Jim Petro
stated on August 11, 2011 a speech at Ohio State University
Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."
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By Aaron Marshall • August 30, 2011
Joseph Andriole
Joseph Andriole
stated on August 2, 2011 a TV story
The Central Falls fire department is "one of the lowest, if not the lowest, paid fire departments in the state and entire region."
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By Lynn Arditi • August 28, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on August 22, 2011 a letter to the state’s acting education commissioner
Says enrolling a student in a subsidized lunch program triggers an "at risk" designation, resulting in an extra $6,000 to $7,000 of state school aid per student.
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By Erin O'Neill • August 25, 2011
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on August 21, 2011 a comment on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour'
"Over the last four years, 53 percent of black wealth has just disappeared."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 24, 2011
Thaddeus McCotter
Thaddeus McCotter
stated on August 16, 2011 an op-ed in the "National Review"
"When lenders foreclose on homes, they typically suffer losses that exceed 30 percent of the value of the home."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2011
Michael Schrunk
Michael Schrunk
stated on July 23, 2011 a guest column for The Oregonian
Says "under our current sentencing laws, about 75 percent of all convicted felons in Oregon do not go to prison."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 23, 2011
Albert Papp Jr.
Albert Papp Jr.
stated on August 20, 2011 an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show
"Last year -- actually, this year in May -- we saw New Jersey Transit fares rise anywhere from 25 percent to 47 percent."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 23, 2011
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