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Marie Ghazal
Marie Ghazal
stated on December 17, 2010 in 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 in an interview with a weekly newspaper:
"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2011
Texas Veterans Commission
Texas Veterans Commission
stated on December 5, 2010 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
By Amy Hollyfield • December 13, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on August 29, 2007 in a speech in Americus, Ga.:
Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
True
By Lissa August • September 13, 2007
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