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Marie Ghazal
Marie Ghazal
stated on December 17, 2010 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"Rhode Island has the highest percentage of uninsured adults of any state in New England."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 4, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper
"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.
False
January 3, 2011
Texas Veterans Commission
Texas Veterans Commission
stated on December 5, 2010 a newspaper article.
Says one out of three U.S. homeless men is a veteran.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 1, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 30, 2010 a Senate floor speech
In 2007, "the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income," which is "more than the entire bottom 50 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2010
Zack Space
Zack Space
stated on September 2, 2010 a letter
A bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • October 1, 2010
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on September 9, 2010 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren"
Rhode Island gives undocumented pregnant women health insurance, plus a cash card "with $400 a month on it" and "$250 a month or $275 a month to spend on food."
Mostly False
By Cynthia Needham • September 19, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 a TV and Internet commercial
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on June 28, 2010 a speech at the state Democratic convention
For every $1 spent on afterschool programs, "we can save over $5, almost $6, in crime costs down the line."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 30, 2010
Leslie Curran
Leslie Curran
stated on May 13, 2010 a city council meeting
Tarpon Springs takes its homeless to St. Petersburg.
False
By Michael Van Sickler • July 9, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2010
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on February 25, 2010 the televised health care summit
The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of because 50 percent of doctors won't see new patients."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • March 1, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 28, 2009 a chain e-mail
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 28, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 29, 2009 a news conference in Washington, D.C.
"The richest 1 percent have more financial wealth than the bottom 95 percent combined."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2009
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 Denver
While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed legislation moving people "from welfare to jobs."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 30, 2008 a TV ad.
Obama says his bill "reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • June 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2008 a television ad
Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2008
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on January 21, 2008 a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have."
True
By Miranda Blue • January 22, 2008
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on December 19, 2007 a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.
"One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 26, 2007
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on December 13, 2007 debate in Johnston, Iowa
"We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
True
December 13, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on August 29, 2007 a speech in Americus, Ga.
Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
True
September 13, 2007
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