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Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on June 13, 2012 a TV ad.
Tim Kaine urged "$500 billion in Medicare cuts."
False
By Nancy Madsen • June 20, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on June 8, 2012 an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”
Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 17, 2012
Stop Gillnetting Now
Stop Gillnetting Now
stated on May 30, 2012 campaign press statement
Says "Oregon is one of only three states that allow the use of gillnets on inland waters."
False
By Janie Har • June 14, 2012
We Are Wisconsin
We Are Wisconsin
stated on May 25, 2012 campaign mail
Says Gov. Scott Walker "took away $1.6 billion from schools and handed it off as over $2 billion in tax breaks to the rich."
False
May 31, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "cast the deciding vote on the government takeover of health care."
False
By Tom Feran • May 30, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2012 a TV ad
Says new figures he released showing Wisconsin job gains for 2011 are "the final job numbers."
False
May 24, 2012
stated on May 10, 2012 a TV ad
Says Gov. Scott Walker said "no to equal pay for equal work for women."
False
May 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2012 a Web ad
Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
False
By Molly Moorhead • May 14, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 8, 2012 a video statement
Democrats plan to keep student loan interest rates low  "by raising taxes on small businesses, very small businesses … the kinds of small businesses that give jobs to graduates."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 11, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to."
False
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir.
False
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."
False
By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on April 26, 2012 a campaign ad
"After four years of a celebrity president … 85% (of recent college grads are) moving back in with their parents."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on April 17, 2012 a blog post on his campaign website
"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 29, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on March 28, 2012 campaign material
Says "I worked with our Mayor and other commissioners to help save the school year when a budget crisis in Salem threatened to cut four weeks of the school year," including  negotiating with teachers to work for free.
False
By Janie Har • April 27, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 a television ad
Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 20, 2012 a campaign commercial
"When (Marcy) Kaptur fought for the Democrats' prescription drug benefit for seniors, (Dennis) Kucinich voted no."
False
By Tom Feran • March 5, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 a campaign ad
Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Campaign for Primary Accountability
Campaign for Primary Accountability
stated on March 28, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur "actually lives" in "a fancy condo in the Washington, D.C.  suburbs."
False
By Tom Feran • March 2, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a video ad airing in Michigan
Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 16, 2012
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