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Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on August 12, 2011 in a speech:
Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. 
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 22, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2011 a forum in Hampton, N.H.:
"We cut property taxes by one-third in the state of Texas while I’ve been governor."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • October 21, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on October 19, 2011 a Senate floor speech:
With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"Obamacare is so flat-out unpopular, that even the Obama administration chose to reject part of Obamacare last Friday, when they tried to throw out the CLASS Act, which is the long-term care function."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 19, 2011
John Driscoll
John Driscoll
stated on October 6, 2011 a television ad posted on YouTube:
"(Sen. Robert) Gordon cost us money, exempting the Newark sports arena from paying property taxes and sticking us with the bill." 
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • October 19, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate:
"I don't think I've ever hired an illegal in my life."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says Romney wrote in the first edition of his book that his health care plan should be expanded nationwide and then, "You took it out of your book."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2011
Burnt Orange Report
Burnt Orange Report
stated on October 3, 2011 a blog post.:
Says Texas Senate hopeful Donna Campbell doesn’t live in the district she’s hoping to win in 2012.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on October 13, 2011 in a press conference:
Says "There are now Occupy Wall Street camps in hundreds of cities across the United States."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 15, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 10, 2011 a campaign ad:
"Romneycare has … killed 18,000 Massachusetts jobs."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2011
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on October 5, 2011 a speech:
"The Tax Foundation figures Rhode Island as the 10th highest state for state and local tax burden per capita in the country. We're the 6th worst in the country for the business tax index. We're the 3rd highest per capita in the country for all taxes."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 5, 2011 an interview in St. Petersburg, Fla., aboard his campaign bus:
Says someone earning $50,000 a year will fare better under his "9-9-9" plan than under the current tax system.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 13, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 7, 2011 a news release:
"Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 13, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 11, 2011 a news conference with Mitt Romney:
Says "any attempt to try to compare" the Massachusetts health care law with the federal health care law is "completely, intellectually dishonest. Governor Romney did not raise one tax in doing what he did."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • October 13, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 12, 2011 an interview on MSNBC:
"Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 12, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:
In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez
stated on September 9, 2011 a press release.:
Says El Paso was named America’s "Safest Large City" a year after San Antonio, Houston and Dallas had the nation’s highest crime rates.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 11, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 27, 2011 a television commercial:
"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 10, 2011
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on October 1, 2011 a political mailer:
Says Vince Polistina is "collecting nearly $70,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries -- plus a government pension."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • October 10, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 13, 2011 a campaign commercial:
Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 7, 2011
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