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Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 a news release
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on February 28, 2012 a Congressional hearing
A socially conservative group sponsored a "prayer vigil" to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on February 20, 2012 an interview with MSNBC
"The fact is 90-percent of Down Syndrome children were aborted in this country."
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • March 8, 2012
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on February 13, 2012 a TV interview
Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office"
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.
"If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • March 7, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on February 27, 2012 a Web ad
Connie Mack's "only real job in the real world" was as "‘events coordinator’ for Hooters!"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2012
Pat Stevens
Pat Stevens
stated on January 24, 2012 a news article
The Atlanta area’s water planning district "is now the national leader in conservation."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 6, 2012
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on February 28, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says State Comptroller Matthew Boxer "pointed out that many towns are artificially lowering the real estate values that they report to Trenton" in order to "get hundreds of millions of dollars of additional school aid. This is the kind of fraud that needs to be addressed immediately."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • March 5, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on February 24, 2012 a symposium.
President Obama's "budget would call for about $25 trillion in debt by the end of his term, if he was re-elected."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • March 5, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on March 16, 2012 a written statement.
President Obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on February 14, 2012 an op-ed piece
"The national unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for a record 36 months."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 29, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 24, 2012 a Web ad
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 26, 2012 an interview on CBS News’ "Face the Nation"
"(President Barack Obama) said unemployment was never gonna go over 8 percent if we passed the stimulus plan."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • February 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 22, 2012 a televised address
One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on February 8, 2012 a web page post.
Without U.S. Senate action, Texas will have more federal judicial vacancies this year than any other state.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 24, 2012
Nicholas Kettle
Nicholas Kettle
stated on January 27, 2012 a radio talk show
"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • February 19, 2012
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on January 31, 2012 TV advertisement for MSNBC's "The Last Word."
Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a video ad
Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 15, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 9, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, a candidate for Senate, supports raising taxes "by $858 billion."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 15, 2012
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