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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 13, 2012 an Enterprise Florida meeting:
The significant drop in Florida’s unemployment rate is a good economic sign.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders, Toluse Olorunnipa • September 17, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on August 14, 2012:
Medicare "premium support" backed by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan "is not vouchers."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 17, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 4, 2012 a campaign email:
Says  Sherrod Brown’s campaign attacked Josh Mandel’s military service
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 17, 2012
Scott DesJarlais
Scott DesJarlais
stated on September 2, 2012 an interview with The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro:
Defends his vote to push "retirement age to 70" by saying he is for "a process" that would not be fully implemented until "around the turn of the century."
Mostly False
By Richard Locker • September 17, 2012
Shelley Adler
Shelley Adler
stated on September 12, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:
Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a "plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • September 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 9, 2012 a Meet the Press interview:
Says five studies show his tax plan can cut rates and still bring the same revenue without raising taxes on the middle class.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 7, 2012 a campaign ad:
Under Obama, home values in Florida collapsed, construction jobs were lost and the state had a high foreclosure rate.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 14, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release:
David Cicilline was "required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months" until after the November 2010 election.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2012
Mark Strama
Mark Strama
stated on September 5, 2012 remarks to Texas delegates to the Democratic National Convention.:
Says Rush Limbaugh made it clear he’d rather see the country fail than President Barack Obama succeed.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2012
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on September 7, 2012 an interview on NJToday:
"The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 13, 2012
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
stated on August 26, 2012 Newsletter:
Voter identification laws make it complicated and expensive to get an ID, essentially instituting a modern-day poll tax.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • September 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2012 a speech in Seminole, Fla.:
"We've doubled our use of renewable energy."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2012
Mike Berlon
Mike Berlon
stated on September 3, 2012 an article:
"We know there are more Democrats in Georgia than Republicans. We know that for a fact."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • September 10, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2012 a debate:
"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2012
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on September 2, 2012 an appearance on Meet the Press:
Says Mitt Romney asked for a waiver from federal welfare rules.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 6, 2012
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 4, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Says House Republicans "tried to change the definition of rape."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 6, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 21, 2012 a Facebook post.:
Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II. 
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 8, 2012 a TV ad.:
"When Tim Kaine was governor, spending soared, blowing holes in the budget every year."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • August 31, 2012
Callista Gingrich
Callista Gingrich
stated on August 30, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
President Barack Obama has "weakened the respect for America abroad."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention:
President Obama’s education "solution" includes an effort to "nationalize curriculum."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 30, 2012
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