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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in 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 in the State of the Union address:
"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on January 23, 2011 in 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.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on January 16, 2011 in 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 in a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors:
"We’ve saved over $100 million of (health care) costs" in Milwaukee County. "I did that."
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By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on January 13, 2011 in 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
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By Janie Har • January 22, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 6, 2011 in an op-ed column.:
Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on December 8, 2010 in a newspaper interview:
The impact of the 2010 federal health care legislation will be "huge" on Georgia.
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By Eric Stirgus • January 21, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview:
Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
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By Stephen Koff • January 20, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on January 18, 2011 in comments on the House floor:
Between 2000 and 2006,  "health insurance company profits quadrupled."  
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By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 19, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on January 18, 2011 in comments on the House floor:
"Between the year 2000 and 2006, (insurance) premiums in this country doubled."
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By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 19, 2011
Newsmax
Newsmax
stated on January 14, 2011 in an e-mail solicitation:
"The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach costs taxpayers $146 million annually."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 31, 2010 in a CNN interview:
Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care.
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 18, 2011
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on December 29, 2010 in an op-ed:
"On average, Americans spend less than 10 percent of their disposable income on food. Compare that to folks in Mexico, who spend 22 percent, China, 28 percent and Russia, 37 percent."
Mostly True
January 15, 2011
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on December 21, 2010 in Twitter:
TriMet is "spending 4.2 million in fed funds to save $168K per year."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • January 15, 2011
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 9, 2011 in an opinion article in the 'Miami Herald':
"A record number of Hispanics were elected to the U.S House of Representatives..."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • January 13, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on January 11, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:
"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2011
Jim Doyle
Jim Doyle
stated on December 19, 2010 in a television interview:
Says he "had to impose tougher cost controls on state employees than" any previous Wisconsin governor.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 11, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 7, 2010 in a luncheon speech at the Milwaukee Press Club:
The state is able to sharply curtail contract bargaining rights for state employee unions.
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By James B. Nelson • January 7, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 12, 2010 in an interview.:
"The richest 1 percent of America will get a bigger tax cut through this bill than the family income of the average family here in Central Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 7, 2011
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