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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday:
"I lowered taxes over the last two years."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on February 2, 2011 a floor speech.:
The military has spent $500 million enforcing the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military. 
Mostly True
By Jacob Geiger • February 7, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters and editors:
"All the money the Department of Citrus has is paid for by the citrus growers. You don't save dollars by eliminating the Department of Citrus."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 4, 2011
General Beauregard Lee
General Beauregard Lee
stated on February 2, 2011 his website:
Says he predicts the weather better than Punxsutawney Phil.
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By Willoughby Mariano • February 4, 2011
Lorraine Fende
Lorraine Fende
stated on January 17, 2011 an interview with The Columbus Dispatch:
Says that in Ohio "right now, you could be 8½ months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • February 4, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 21, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2011
Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters:
"The two worst counties for (Medicaid) fraud in the country -- not state -- are Dade and Broward county."
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By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on January 7, 2011 an op-ed column.:
Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 2, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 25, 2011 an e-mail:
Says his state budget will "provide an increase in state funding for the 2011-12 school year."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • February 2, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 19, 2011 a press release:
Says Texas ranks 44th nationally in education funding per pupil.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2011
Suzanne Devlin
Suzanne Devlin
stated on January 19, 2011 a letter to the editor:
The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 29, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 27, 2011 a Senate Tea Party Caucus meeting:
Says President Barack Obama revealed in his State of the Union address that he "now is against earmarks."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Jeff Atwater
Jeff Atwater
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee:
"Of the top five cities for staged automobile accidents, three are in Florida. … We rank No. 1 in the country in staged auto accidents."
Mostly True
By Trenton Daniel • January 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union speech:
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 the State of the Union address:
"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on January 23, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Poll results from the past 35 years show that State of the Union speeches "do not move" presidential approval numbers.
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By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on January 16, 2011 a fact-sheet.:
More people die from "medical misadventures" than firearm accidents nationally and in Florida.  
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By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2011
Lee Holloway
Lee Holloway
stated on January 12, 2011 a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors:
"We’ve saved over $100 million of (health care) costs" in Milwaukee County. "I did that."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on January 13, 2011 an article in The Oregonian:
A test last month at the MAX station at 162nd Avenue and East Burnside saw crime down 41 percent compared with December 2009
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 22, 2011
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