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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 6, 2011 in a newspaper column:
Says there are Ohio Turnpike workers getting paid $66,000 a year to collect tolls that machines might collect.
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • February 17, 2011
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on February 13, 2011 in a comic strip:
Since Sept. 11, 2001, "270,000 Americans were killed by gunfire at home."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2011
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 3, 2011 in an episode of The Daily Show:
Joe Straus is the "first Jewish speaker of the" Texas House.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 12, 2011
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 1, 2011 in a press release:
Oregon families pay an extra $1,400 a year on higher insurance premiums to cover those who do not have insurance.
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By Charles Pope • February 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2011 in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce:
"Today, American companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets."
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By Robert Farley • February 10, 2011
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 in an interview.:
Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 in an interview on Super Bowl Sunday:
"I lowered taxes over the last two years."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on February 2, 2011 in 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 in 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."
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By Amy Sherman • February 4, 2011
General Beauregard Lee
General Beauregard Lee
stated on February 2, 2011 in 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 in 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 in 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."
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By Robert Farley • February 3, 2011
Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders
stated on January 19, 2011 in 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 in an op-ed column.:
Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 2, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 25, 2011 in 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 in 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 in a letter to the editor:
The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.
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By Janie Har • January 29, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 27, 2011 in a Senate Tea Party Caucus meeting:
Says President Barack Obama revealed in his State of the Union address that he "now is against earmarks."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 in "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 in 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."
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By Trenton Daniel • January 27, 2011
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