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Scott Randolph
Scott Randolph
stated on August 11, 2011 a TV interview:
Gov. Rick Scott "is trying to get a waiver under the federal health care law that would deny consumers in Florida the right to the $60 million in rebates they have from their own HMOs."
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By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2011
Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
stated on August 9, 2011 a politics column.:
Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2011
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on June 30, 2011 a news release:
"Before Medicare, only 51 percent of Americans 65 and older had health care coverage and nearly 30 percent lived below the poverty line. Today, thanks to Medicare ... nearly all seniors have coverage and 75 percent fewer struggle in poverty."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 25, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 19, 2011 a television interview:
"We rank below Ethiopia, I'm told, in terms of our exports per capita, well below any of the other developed countries we trade with, and well below China and (South) Korea."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • August 25, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on August 6, 2011 a Texas Capitol rally.:
Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2011
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on July 11, 2011 a town hall meeting:
"Recent international reports show the United States near the bottom among industrialized nations for k-12 academic achievement."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • August 23, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 10, 2011 a news conference in Belmar :
"Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, we've created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 21, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on July 26, 2011 a speech at Dartmouth College.:
China is or soon will be "the largest English-speaking nation" in the world.
Half-True
By John Gregg • August 19, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 10, 2011 an interview:
"I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2011
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 26, 2011 an interview with Politico:
"Josh Mandel used to be pro-choice, now he’s anti-choice. He used to be sympathetic towards gay and lesbians and now he’s [not]."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • August 16, 2011
NJ-CAN
NJ-CAN
stated on August 9, 2011 a petition:
Says the state’s pension and health benefits reform includes "the destruction of public sector collective bargaining rights."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 15, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on August 10, 2011 an article on his website:
Says "of the 2,000 Portland households in the year-long (composting) pilot, 87 percent of participants reported being satisfied with the overall system."
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 8, 2011 a New Hampshire town hall.:
Says a poll found him the only Republican candidate who could beat Barack Obama in Texas -- and by eight points.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 14, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 4, 2011 campaign mailer:
Says Republican recall challenger Jonathan Steitz "failed to pay his taxes."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on July 13, 2011 a news conference on voting rights:
Says that voter identification laws "keep poor people from voting, minorities from voting, the elderly from voting, students from voting."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release:
"George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • August 10, 2011
Tom Kean
Tom Kean
stated on August 1, 2011 a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger:
"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2011
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on August 2, 2011 a radio interview:
Central Falls "schools are overfunded by state money by as much as $8 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2011
Alberto Carvalho
Alberto Carvalho
stated on August 1, 2011 comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation:
"Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America." 
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2011
Buddy Roemer
Buddy Roemer
stated on July 20, 2011 candidate's forum in Bedford, N.H. :
Says Obama has never submitted a budget, and Congress has worked for two years without passing one.
Half-True
By Gregory Trotter • August 5, 2011
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