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Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on February 3, 2011 a committee hearing.:
The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil." 
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • February 14, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on February 11, 2011 a campaign mailer:
Says Milwaukee County elected officials drive around in luxury cars "on your dime." 
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • February 14, 2011
Dan Lucas
Dan Lucas
stated on February 2, 2011 a website:
"Governor’s proposed budget raids K-12 school funds to grow DHS again."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • February 14, 2011
Dick Greco
Dick Greco
stated on May 1, 2002 city report reprinted as 2011 mayoral campaign material:
"Financed the largest parking expansion program without a rate increase."
Mostly False
By Richard Danielson • February 12, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 8, 2011 a speech in Philadelphia:
"If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on February 3, 2011 his annual State of the City Address.:
"Overall we currently have $981 million, almost a billion dollars in active development projects right here in the City of Richmond."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • February 11, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2011 presentations rolling out his budget.:
Says his tax and fee cuts will save households "$540 over two years."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 10, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 14, 2011 a news conference:
Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days.
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • February 7, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on January 27, 2011 remarks to the Senate Tea Party caucus meeting.:
Federal Reserve policies have led to a 69 percent rise in corn prices, 44 percent rise in wheat prices and 15 percent spike in sugar prices over the last year.
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • February 4, 2011
Bill Janis
Bill Janis
stated on January 25, 2011 a floor speech in the House of Delegates.:
"The New START treaty was passed despite significant concerns among some people in the State and Defense Departments."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • February 2, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on January 10, 2011 a town hall forum:
Says there are "a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place" as a result of health care reform.
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • February 2, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 his State of the Union address:
"Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 31, 2011
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on January 21, 2011 a statement at a candidate forum:
Regulations on developers have thwarted construction on county-owned land in Milwaukee’s downtown Park East corridor.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 31, 2011
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
stated on January 20, 2011 a press release:
In September, the Department of Business and Consumer Services enacted a sudden 39% workers' compensation premium assessment by rule with little notice to the public.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • January 31, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on January 26, 2011 an online posting:
"The economy we preside over today is better than the one we inherited."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • January 31, 2011
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on January 10, 2011 in a news release.:
Recommendations for a major tax overhaul for Georgia are an "overall tax hike."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 28, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 the GOP response to the State of the Union:
The health care law "is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address:
The federal government "now tells us which light bulbs to buy."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union:
"The White House promised us that all the spending would keep unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • January 26, 2011
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on January 13, 2011 a news release:
"Republican (small business tax cut) bill spends $80 million for better Google searches, not job creation"
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 26, 2011
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