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Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on December 13, 2010 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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