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Marilinda Garcia
Marilinda Garcia
stated on December 11, 2013 a tweet:
"I cut spending while serving in the state Legislature"
Mostly True
By Kevin Landrigan • January 14, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 9, 2013 various Internet postings:
"By using a little-known loophole ... Obama minions are allowing Nestle Company to export precious fresh water out of Lake Michigan."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2013
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on October 24, 2013 an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court:
Florida’s proposed medical marijuana amendment "would make Florida one of the most lenient medical-marijuana states, allowing use for limitless ‘other conditions’ specified by any physician."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • December 17, 2013
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on October 24, 2013 an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court:
"Whether the Amendment passes or not, the medical use of marijuana is a federal criminal offense."
True
By Joshua Gillin • December 17, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2013 a Facebook posting:
"Since 1988, Congress has raised its own salary 15 times 'to reflect rising costs.' But raised the minimum wage only three times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 2, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 7, 2013 a donation web page:
Wendy Davis is "fighting to bring ... Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2013 a speech in Boston:
Due to Obamacare, Arkansas "has covered almost 14 percent of its uninsured already."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 3, 2013 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2013
Amardeep Kaleka
Amardeep Kaleka
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview:
Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that state's dairy industry, and "lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2013
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview:
"Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2013
Paul LePage
Paul LePage
stated on October 14, 2013 a speech in Falmouth, Maine:
"About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on October 10, 2013 an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire.":
"Thirteen hundred" applicants in Rhode Island signed up for insurance through Obamacare.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 17, 2013
Chris Latvala
Chris Latvala
stated on October 9, 2013 a tweet:
"Many don’t know that Bill Young was once the minority leader in the Florida Senate...because he was the only Republican senator."
True
By Katie Sanders • October 9, 2013
NH AFL-CIO
NH AFL-CIO
stated on September 27, 2013 a tweet:
Says Maggie Hassan is the only female governor in the country.
False
By Jim Haddadin • September 27, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 17, 2013 a letter to Florida's U.S. senators:
"Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2013
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on September 18, 2013 a legislative hearing:
"We’ve used (generally accepted accounting principles) here in this building the last two years."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 22, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
"Every engine manufacturer in the United States is now in the state of Texas."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2013
Joe Atkins
Joe Atkins
stated on August 29, 2013 an interview:
"Minnesota is kicking butt relative to Wisconsin on everything from employment and job creation to school test scores, educated work force and a host of other factors and rankings"
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 16, 2013
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