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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
Keep Conservatives United
Keep Conservatives United
stated on September 1, 2011 a video advertisement.
Says "Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 12, 2011 the CNN/Tea Party Express debate in Tampa
"We know that President Obama stole over $500 billion out of Medicare to switch it over to Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 7, 2011 a debate
Ben Bernanke has been the most "inflationary" chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • September 12, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 25, 2011 a television interview
"Since the beginning of the year we've created a net increase of 45,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Peter Krouse • September 12, 2011
Matt Wand
Matt Wand
stated on August 28, 2011 guest column
Says "Every time the Legislature 'suspended' the kicker, most recently the corporate kicker in 2007, Salem spent every penny and failed to stabilize the state's revenues."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 10, 2011
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala
stated on August 29, 2011 a video statement
"The academic achievements of our student-athletes are mentioned in the same breath and spirit as Notre Dame and Stanford."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 20, 2011 a gas station advertisement
"Congressman Bill Young voted to cut taxes for millionaires and end your Medicare." 
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2011
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on August 24, 2011 an opinion column.
Says Barack Obama’s "favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2011
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on August 26, 2011 a conference call with reporters
In Afghanistan, "it is very, very rare that someone who is killed in action is not killed by an" improvised explosive device, or IED.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2011
Joseph Cryan
Joseph Cryan
stated on August 21, 2011 an op-ed piece published on CourierPostOnline.com
Says direct shipment of wine "makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 29, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2011
Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 27, 2011
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