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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
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release
"In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2010
Lee Holloway
Lee Holloway
stated on November 17, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper
Says he got twice as much money from the sale of County Grounds land than Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker was willing to accept.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • December 3, 2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 30, 2010 a news release
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • December 2, 2010
City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on November 12, 2010 a press release
Red light camera installed to "promote public safety."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • November 29, 2010
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on August 19, 2010 a speech.
"Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2010
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 3, 2010 a TV interview.
Letting the Bush tax cuts expire would raise taxes on small businesses.
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 26, 2010
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on November 11, 2010 a speech at The Heritage Foundation.
Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2010
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on September 7, 2010 a press release
Says Gov. Rick Perry's administration has proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2010
Dean Cannon
Dean Cannon
stated on November 16, 2010 a speech
The Florida Supreme Court has "no express authority in the Florida Constitution" to remove questions from the ballot proposed by the Legislature.  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 18, 2010
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 14, 2010 an interview with his brother, former President George W. Bush, on CNN.
"Rick Scott got a majority of the Hispanic vote in Florida."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 15, 2010
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on November 4, 2010 a news release issued by the group's John Muir chapter in Wisconsin
If the state turns down money for high-speed rail, it will "kill nearly 10,000 permanent Wisconsin jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • November 15, 2010
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