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Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 27, 2010 an ad.
"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 31, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 17, 2010 a television election ad
"Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
Mostly True
By Jane Kahoun, Sabrina Eaton • August 27, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer
Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings."  
Mostly True
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on July 19, 2010 a message on Twitter
Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax.
Mostly True
August 2, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 25, 2010 campaign materials.
"My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 26, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 19, 2010 comments on her MSNBC show.
Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 23, 2010
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on July 11, 2010 an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press
Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 18, 2010 Lincoln Chafee, a posting on his website, Chafee for Governor
If Rhode Island applied a 1-percent sales tax on all items exempt from sales tax, ''the state would receive an additional $89,376,857.''
Mostly True
By John Hill • June 30, 2010
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 a brochure
The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • June 18, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on June 4, 2010 a campaign commercial
John McCain "voted against the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, wrongly claiming they helped only the rich."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010
Empower Texans
Empower Texans
stated on May 14, 2010 a Web video
"There are 321,092 public school teachers in Texas. And there are 313,850 non-teachers in our public schools."
Mostly True
May 28, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on April 14, 2010 a speech at a Tea Party rally in Boston
"Americans now spend 100 days out of the year working for government before we even start working for ourselves."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on March 3, 2010 an interview on CNN's Larry King Live
Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 5, 2010
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on February 3, 2010 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos'
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Mostly True
November 30, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 17, 2009 a note on Facebook
The proposed excise tax on "Cadillac" health plans will hit "those making less than $200,000" the hardest.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2009
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2009 a posting on the conservative Web site TownHall.com
The Baucus health care bill would require taxes on medical devices such as X-ray machines, female condoms, HIV tests and surgical needles.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story"
During the Reagan era, "the richest Americans had their top income tax rate cut in half."
Mostly True
October 6, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 in his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story"
In the 1950s,  "A lot of people got rich — and they had to pay a top tax rate of 90 percent."
Mostly True
October 2, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on June 22, 2009 a column
Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2009
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