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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 16, 2011 in a speech in Chicago:
On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on May 4, 2011 in a radio interview:
"The Ohio Democratic Party has raised $1.1 million since the November election. A very small percentage of that has come from organized labor."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • May 17, 2011
John Whitmire
John Whitmire
stated on May 3, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor:
Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 16, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
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By Tom Feran • May 16, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on April 5, 2011 in comments to reporters on Texas Senate floor:
Says businesses "already pay most of the taxes."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 15, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 in a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.:
Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on May 10, 2011 in a Web ad:
"(Bill) Nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the Bridge to Nowhere."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • May 12, 2011
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on April 18, 2011 in a news release and report:
"Two-thirds of Wisconsin corporations don't pay state income taxes."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2011
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 9, 2011 in a press release.:
The "six largest cities in Ohio all have higher rates of violence and crime than every major city along the U.S.-Mexico border."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2011
Kathie Tovo
Kathie Tovo
stated on May 1, 2011 in “Voters Guide,” League of Women Voters of the Austin Area.:
"Austin Energy is considering its first rate increase since 1994."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina:
On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
"We have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2011
Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl
stated on April 28, 2011 in remarks to reporters:
"I’ve been through four campaigns and have not done any negative campaigning."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 6, 2011
David Wu
David Wu
stated on April 15, 2011 in a press release:
House Republican plan would increase costs for Oregon seniors by $6,000 with health care vouchers instead of Medicare
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • May 6, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on March 29, 2011 in a video posted to YouTube:
The federal debt is more than $14 trillion, "almost equal to the size of our entire economy," and "every child born today inherits a $45,000 share of the national debt before they take their first breath."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • May 5, 2011
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on May 3, 2011 in a House floor speech:
"America owns 3 percent of the world’s oil but consumes 25 percent of its global reserves."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on April 28, 2011 in an automated political phone call:
"The federal government borrows $4 billion every day."
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By Richard Salit • May 4, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on March 20, 2011 in a speech before conservative activists:
In a lawsuit between private citizens, a Florida judge "announced the decision was going to be based on Islamic Law."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • May 4, 2011
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on May 1, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Says although the unemployment rate seems to be improving, it does not reflect real job creation -- it’s caused by a "shrinking of the actual labor force."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2011
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on April 29, 2011 in comments to the 'St. Petersburg Times' and 'Miami Herald':
Says using E-Verify is "a fair amount of cost," about $20 per person that does not match.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 3, 2011
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