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Mark Miller
Mark Miller
stated on September 22, 2011 a radio address:
"Republicans enacted the most drastic cuts to K-12 public schools of any state in the nation."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 5, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview on "The Daily Show":
Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on September 26, 2011 an NJToday interview:
Says Gov. Chris Christie has "now come up with a new agenda" for ethics reform in September 2011.  
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • October 3, 2011
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on September 21, 2011 a TV interview:
"[Federal] law says that you can't give in-state tuition to an illegal alien … unless you first offer it to any other student regardless of their state of residence."
Mostly False
By Lynn Arditi • October 2, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release:
Says U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown "promised that the first stimulus bill would fund the Brent Spence Bridge."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 30, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Says President Barack Obama failed "to stand up for the bipartisan debt solutions of the Simpson-Bowles Commission."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • September 29, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 25, 2011 a television interview:
"We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 27, 2011
Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition
Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition
stated on September 9, 2011 a YouTube video:
"In the past six years alone, changes to the pension formula … have saved over half a billion dollars."
Mostly False
By Lynn Arditi • September 25, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 7, 2011 a presidential debate:
Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 24, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
Says he never said he wanted to move Social Security "back to the states."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Brent Barton
Brent Barton
stated on August 13, 2011 a guest column:
Says credit rating agencies realize that our instability stems in large part from Oregon’s kicker system.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:
Says Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security was done "in the private sector, it would be called criminal."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2011
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on September 8, 2011 an opinion column:
Says that even if you have no children, "under Obamacare, you would still have to carry insurance that covers pediatric, maternity and newborn care even though you do not need it."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 19, 2011
Scott Keyes
Scott Keyes
stated on September 10, 2011 an article:
"The Green Bay Packers are a socialist organization."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 18, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on September 4, 2011 a news release:
"Two-thirds of Granite Staters oppose the Tea Party" and its agenda on labor unions.
Mostly False
By John Gregg • September 16, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 2, 2011 a campaign fundraising letter:
"I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance ... and they said I was being unreasonable. I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions ... and they screamed it was unfair."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 16, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on September 14, 2011 a blog post:
The jobs bill includes "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
stated on September 6, 2011 at a news conference:
Says "160,000 kids stay home every day because they are afraid to go to school because of bullying."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 15, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 13, 2011 comments published in the New York Times:
In the New York 9th District, "there is a large number of people who went to the polls tonight who didn't support the president to begin with and don't support Democrats -- and it's nothing more than that."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 14, 2011
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