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Charles Perry
Charles Perry
stated on June 24, 2011 in a Texas Tribune interview.:
Says $6 billion projected to accumulate in the state’s rainy day fund is already used.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 4, 2011
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse
stated on June 1, 2011 in A highway billboard:
"Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"
Mostly False
By Richard Salit • July 3, 2011
Renewable Fuels Association
Renewable Fuels Association
stated on June 22, 2011 in an advertisement in Washington, D.C., Metro stations:
Ethanol reduced gas prices by 89 cents per gallon in 2010, and if ethanol disappeared, gas prices could rise by as much as 92 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 12, 2011 in a speech in Los Angeles:
Says President Barack Obama’s overturning of the Mexico City Policy means federal tax dollars can be used "to fund abortion all over the world."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 1, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 24, 2011 in a press conference:
"The American people don't want us to raise taxes."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 29, 2011
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"We do not want to raise anybody's tax rates. That's never been on the table."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 8, 2011 in a news release:
"Rep. Jim Renacci’s plan to end Medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 28, 2011
Al Roker
Al Roker
stated on June 16, 2011 in a broadcast:
"(Birmingham, Ala.) is the cradle of the civil rights movement."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 28, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "Top Line":
"Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 28, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 26, 2011 in CBS' Face the Nation:
"Under Barack Obama the last two years, the number of federal limousines for bureaucrats has increased 73 percent."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • June 27, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 22, 2011 in an online chat with the "Washington Post":
"Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies we’ve implemented."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 16, 2011 in a radio interview:
A "substantial number" of probationers participating in a pilot project to ease the farm labor shortage are able to "finish the work."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 27, 2011
Better Austin Today
Better Austin Today
stated on June 18, 2011 in a campaign mailer.:
"Under Randi Shade," Austin has "had the highest cost of living of any large Texas city."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on June 14, 2011 in a comment to reporters aboard Air Force One:
In the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, none of the candidates mentioned the "middle class" or "education."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • June 24, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on June 10, 2011 in an interview WKXL-AM.:
Says President Barack Obama promised he would cut the deficit in half, but instead will at least double it.
Mostly False
By Gregory Trotter • June 24, 2011
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on June 13, 2011 in in a news release:
Vern Buchanan "has been completely exonerated" in a Federal Election Commission action.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • June 24, 2011
Chris Widener
Chris Widener
stated on June 7, 2011 in remarks to reporters:
Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • June 20, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on June 13, 2011 in the Republican primary presidential debate in Manchester, NH:
Muslims tried to use Sharia law to influence court decisions in New Jersey and Oklahoma
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 20, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 13, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
"The president came in and campaigned against me 12 times."
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • June 17, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 20, 2011 in a speech at Princeton University:
Democratic tax hikes led $70 billion of wealth to leave New Jersey between 2004 and 2008, and mainly relocate to Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 17, 2011
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