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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on July 26, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Tim Kaine supported "higher energy costs for families."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • August 21, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:
"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on July 31, 2012 in a runoff night statement.:
Ted Cruz is "unknown to the vast majority of Texans."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2012
Marty Beil
Marty Beil
stated on July 19, 2012 in an interview:
Says Gov. Scott Walker "raises the pay of inmates, but we don't raise the pay of staff in our correctional institutions."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 19, 2012
Kate Brown
Kate Brown
stated on May 1, 2012 in a television interview.:
Says she does the jobs of state auditor, secretary of state and lieutenant governor "for less than the price of one of them" in Washington state.
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 14, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Claims Joe Biden said "coal is more dangerous than terrorists." 
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on "60 Minutes":
Says Barack Obama "robbed Medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on August 12, 2012 in a Twitter post.:
Says Mitt Romney said at a January 2012 debate that under Paul Ryan’s tax plan, "I’d have paid no taxes in the last two years."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2012
American Commitment
American Commitment
stated on July 5, 2012 in a TV ad:
Bill Nelson’s vote for the Affordable Care Act "cuts $500 billion from Medicare to pay for new government programs."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2012
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 5, 2012 in an interview posted on BlueJersey.com:
"One of the key things about Leonard Lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] Project Vote Smart website, he was not for guns. Now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"In June, jobless ranks were higher in nearly 90 percent of U.S. cities."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2012
TriMet
TriMet
stated on July 7, 2012 in a newspaper ad:
"Without Westside MAX, we’d need to add 2.9 lanes to the Sunset Highway."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • August 6, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 19, 2012:
Says his plan to end the toll on Ga. 400 fulfills his campaign promise to commuters.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 6, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on July 30, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • August 5, 2012
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
stated on July 29, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:
"The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 3, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on July 31, 2012 in a blog post:
"U.S. Olympic medal winners will owe up to $9,000 to the IRS."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 13, 2012 in a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has ‘no problem with raising taxes.’  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 1, 2012
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on July 26, 2012 in a debate:
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks grounded commercial air traffic, "there was a temperature drop while the airplanes weren't flying, for the week afterwards."
Mostly False
By Tom Mooney • August 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.':
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2012
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on July 23, 2012 in a mock debate:
Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 31, 2012
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