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Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 6, 2011 a FoxNews interview:
Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 24, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 12, 2011 the State of the Commonwealth address:
"It is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • January 22, 2011
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 15, 2010 a press release:
The financial regulatory bill "will kill jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2011
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on January 16, 2011 an interview after a town hall meeting:
"We had a debate on whether ‘ObamaCare’ was the way to go to fix up health care and the American voters said no -- emphatically."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • January 20, 2011
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on December 25, 2010 a newspaper article:
The nation's food supply is "99.99 percent safe."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 19, 2011
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on November 12, 2010 a radio address:
"The incoming Republican freshman class – well, it’s no ordinary group: nearly half of its roughly 80 members have never served in elective office before."
Mostly False
By Charles Pope • January 17, 2011
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on December 27, 2010 a television interview:
Says 15,000 IRS employees "have to be added to administer ‘ObamaCare’ and look at the tax implications."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 4, 2011 a news conference announcing his candidacy for Milwaukee County executive:
"I have fought for our shared values without being an ideologue or a partisan"
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 13, 2011
DeKalb County
DeKalb County
stated on December 23, 2010 its website:
"The Greenest County in America."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • January 3, 2011
Texas Veterans Commission
Texas Veterans Commission
stated on December 5, 2010 a newspaper article.:
Says one out of three U.S. homeless men is a veteran.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 1, 2011
Rees Lloyd
Rees Lloyd
stated on December 10, 2010 a website posting:
Portland Public Schools invites "well-paid, well-fed school bureaucrats, administrators, teachers, other staff, non-needy students, affluent parents of students, and other adults, including on the other extreme the adult homeless, illegal aliens, fanatical Muslim terrorists, or drug addicted street people, to enjoy cheap breakfasts in taxpayer-paid school facilities amidst school children."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 25, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on December 13, 2010 a press release.:
Says Texas Republican leaders "have proposed laying off thousands of teachers."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 24, 2010
Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor
stated on December 1, 2010 a speech in the Ohio Senate:
"Toledo … is fourth in the nation behind much bigger cities — Miami, Las Vegas, Portland — in number of human trafficking arrests and rescues."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • December 14, 2010
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on December 7, 2010 a radio interview:
The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • December 13, 2010
Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl
stated on December 3, 2010 a news release:
"I have always been focused on reining in the deficit."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 3, 2010 an interview:
Says federal health care overhaul will cost Texas state government "upwards of $30 billion over the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 12, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 11, 2010 an interview.:
You "can't check out a library book without a photo ID."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 9, 2010 a statement on campaign web site:
Eliminating the state tax on health savings accounts will "make it easier for small business owners to provide health insurance to their employees."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2010
Randy Leonard
Randy Leonard
stated on December 1, 2010 a city council meeting:
Cities like Seattle have decided to ban food carts.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 9, 2010
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on December 2, 2010 an opinion piece:
Under the DREAM Act, after two years of higher education or military service "you are eligible for citizenship. Once a citizen, this paves the way to bring the rest of (your) extended family to the United States."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 8, 2010
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