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Jim Taricani
Jim Taricani
stated on March 24, 2013 in a comment made on "10 News Conference.":
"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2013
People's Majority
People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 in a TV commercial:
"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says that Mitt Romney's response to the crisis in the auto industry was, "Let Detroit go bankrupt."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 7, 2012
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on July 13, 2012 in a radio interview:
"The largest number of bankruptcies in our country are really as a result of health care."
Half-True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • July 29, 2012
Robert Jacquard
Robert Jacquard
stated on March 6, 2012 in a speech:
"There are a lot of casinos across the country that have gone bankrupt."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 15, 2012
Theresa Price
Theresa Price
stated on December 10, 2011 in a speech during a rally on homelessness:
"Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 20, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 8, 2011 in a meeting:
Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 14, 2011
George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum:
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 1, 2011 in a talk show discussion:
"Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state."
Mostly True
By Lynn Arditi • September 11, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on August 11, 2011 in in a debate in Ames, Iowa:
"The country's bankrupt." 
False
By Becky Bowers • August 12, 2011
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on August 2, 2011 in a radio interview:
Central Falls "schools are overfunded by state money by as much as $8 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2011
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 12, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Barack Obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart":
Stabilizing the recent financial crisis "will cost less than 1 percent of GDP," which is less than the 2.5 percent to fix the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2010
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview:
The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles.
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2010
Citizens for the Republic
Citizens for the Republic
stated on September 21, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on July 21, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Harry Reid says he does more for Nevada. He's done more for unemployment. We were at 4.4 percent. Now we're at 14 percent. He's done more for the foreclosure rate. We have the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. He's done more for bankruptcy. We have the highest bankruptcy rate in the nation."
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • August 5, 2010
Ed Whitacre
Ed Whitacre
stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad:
GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 27, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on April 19, 2010 in a Senate floor speech:
The financial services regulatory bill "will end taxpayer bailouts."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2010
Richard Shelby
Richard Shelby
stated on March 25, 2010 in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner:
"The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any purpose that the treasury secretary sees fit."
False
By Catharine Richert • April 16, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 in a fund-raising letter:
"Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
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