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Joe Pitts
Joe Pitts
stated on October 5, 2011 a Capitol Hill press conference:
The health care law was "a 2,733-page bill! . . . No amendments!"
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 18, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on September 29, 2011 a speech:
The Milwaukee County sheriff’s department  "plays only a limited role as a traditional law enforcement agency" and in 2009 reported far fewer crimes to the FBI than the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police did.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 17, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 7, 2011 a news release:
Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."
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By Erin O'Neill • October 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.:
Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 14, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 4, 2011:
"Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.:
When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidental primary debate:
The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 13, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 26, 2011 a television interview:
Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 3, 2011 a website:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner "cited his efforts to weaken pro-life and school choice legislation as unequivocal proof that he’s a moderate."
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By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.:
Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2011
Alliance for America's Future
Alliance for America's Future
stated on October 11, 2011 a campaign mailing:
"We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 12, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:
"I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Occupied Wall Street Journal
Occupied Wall Street Journal
stated on October 5, 2011 an article:
"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech:
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 6, 2011 a press conference at the White House:
The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2011
Committee for Our Children's Future
Committee for Our Children's Future
stated on September 20, 2011 a television ad:
Says Gov. Chris Christie "cut spending (by) $1 billion" and provided "$850 million in new education funding."
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By Bill Wichert • October 6, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 4, 2011 a press conference:
Says "New Jersey's unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And we've created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • October 4, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate:
Says that in 2001, Rick Perry spoke favorably of binational health insurance between Mexico and Texas.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 4, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs … (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"When it comes to being effective at creating jobs … (Chris Christie has not had) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... Last year, New Jersey created no net new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
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