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David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 9, 2012 a campaign flier
"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations."
False
By Tom Mooney • August 15, 2012
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on July 29, 2012 a commentary in The Providence Journal
Rhode Island has "the most burdensome level of health-insurance mandates in the nation."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 12, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on August 1, 2012 a radio interview
In June 2012 "we actually had more people go on Social Security Disability [85,000] ... than the 80,000 jobs that were created."
True
By Tom Mooney • August 9, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 12, 2012 a message via the Internet
Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to "$120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
"An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2012
Michael Riley
Michael Riley
stated on July 26, 2012 a taped debate on "State of the State"
The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2012
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on July 26, 2012 a debate
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks grounded commercial air traffic, "there was a temperature drop while the airplanes weren't flying, for the week afterwards."
Mostly False
By Tom Mooney • August 1, 2012
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on July 13, 2012 a radio interview
"The largest number of bankruptcies in our country are really as a result of health care."
Half-True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • July 29, 2012
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on July 19, 2012 a news release
"In 2010, Mr. [Anthony] Gemma described himself as a 'pro-life' candidate. Now, he claims to be pro-choice."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 27, 2012
Robert DiMuccio
Robert DiMuccio
stated on June 14, 2012 a letter to policy holders
"Rhode Islanders pay among the highest auto repair bills in the nation."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2012
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on July 11, 2012 a question to a candidate
President Obama’s health care law says "when you sell your house now you have to pay a 3.8 percent tax."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2012
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on July 8, 2012 a Tweet
"Unemployment rate dropped in every state that elected a Republican gov. in 2010"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Tom Mooney • July 11, 2012
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on July 29, 2012 a panel discussion on "A Lively Experiment"
"Two thirds to three quarters of people without [health] insurance in Rhode Island work."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 19, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"No one in Rhode Island -- not just children, no one in Rhode Island -- should eat more than one serving of freshwater fish caught in our state each month."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2012
Helio Melo
Helio Melo
stated on June 7, 2012 a House floor debate
"People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Tom Mooney • July 1, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on June 28, 2012 a fundraising letter
President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2012
Christopher Blazejewski
Christopher Blazejewski
stated on June 12, 2012 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House (which was transmitted electronically)
"Under current law, if you go on a dating website and you say you're 32 and you're actually 42, you've committed a misdemeanor."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 17, 2012 a news release
Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 24, 2012
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on June 11, 2012 speech on the RI House floor
Rhode Island has the "worst maintained bridges in the United States of America . . . and we have the second worst maintained roads [behind] Alaska."
True
By Tom Mooney • June 22, 2012
John G. Edwards
John G. Edwards
stated on June 5, 2012 a debate on the House floor
Decriminalizing marijuana "will save the state anywhere from $4 (million) to $11 million dollars."
False
By Tom Mooney • June 17, 2012
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