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EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on September 19, 2011 a blog post:
Says Tommy Thompson "pushed such strict laws that abortion providers faced potential life imprisonment and women were forced to cross state lines in order to receive attention for life-threatening issues."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 3, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 2, 2011
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 21, 2011 campaign literature:
Says she helped lead the launch of curbside recycling.
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 29, 2011 a television interview:
Says the private sector in Texas created 1 million jobs over the past decade.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 30, 2011
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on September 15, 2011 a meeting:
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 30, 2011
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on September 15, 2011 a debate with Assemblyman Vince Polistina:
Because of Jim Whelan, "the 1990s are the only decade since the 1920s when the population of Atlantic City actually went up."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 30, 2011
Save America's Postal Service
Save America's Postal Service
stated on September 29, 2011 a television ad:
The Postal Service’s financial losses result from "a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue, while the Postal Service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 a meeting with the Nashua "Telegraph" editorial board:
"It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2011 a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.:
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 22, 2011 a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio:
"A construction worker who’s making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldn’t be paying higher tax rates than the guy who’s making $50 million a year. And that’s how it’s working right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 newspaper article:
Says Texas’ unemployment rate has doubled on Rick Perry’s watch.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.':
Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs.
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 22, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on September 9, 2011 an opinion article:
Says "New Jersey’s $1 billion horse racing industry … employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • September 22, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 7, 2011 a news conference:
"In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those are our farmers and our service providers who are suffering."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 16, 2011 answer to questions.:
Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on September 17, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes":
More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration than in the eight years of the Bush administration.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2011
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on September 7, 2011 a TV show:
One Wisconsin school district "is so worried about losing state funding that it has stopped giving milk to elementary school kids during snack time."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 19, 2011
New Jersey Sierra Club
New Jersey Sierra Club
stated on September 6, 2011 a press release:
Says New Jersey is "losing 50 football fields of open space to development every day and the more we develop upstream the more flooding we have downstream."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 19, 2011
Hetty Rosenstein
Hetty Rosenstein
stated on August 31, 2011 a press release from the Communication Workers of America:
"The average state pension, including managers, is $23,000 a year; and just $14,000 for local government workers."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 18, 2011
David Scott
David Scott
stated on September 9, 2011 a WABE-FM (90.1) radio interview:
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, states would no longer have to lay off teachers, firefighters and police officers.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 16, 2011
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