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Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on October 25, 2010 a TV ad
Sen. Harry Reid voted "against declaring English our national language, twice."
True
October 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
"Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect."
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • October 28, 2010
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 21, 2010 a TV ad
As CEO of WWE, Linda McMahon "was caught tipping off a ringside physician" about a federal investigation into illegally distributing steroids to wrestlers.
True
October 27, 2010
Michael Bennet
Michael Bennet
stated on October 15, 2010 a campaign ad
Ken Buck wants to "outlaw abortion, even in cases of rape or incest."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 18, 2010
Chris Coons
Chris Coons
stated on October 13, 2010 a televised debate, disputing a claim by Republican Christine O'Donnell
New Castle County's unemployment rate has not almost doubled in the last two years.
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2010
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 8, 2010 a campaign ad
John Raese's wife "is registered to vote in Florida so she can't even vote for him."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2010
Citizens for the Republic
Citizens for the Republic
stated on September 21, 2010 a campaign commercial
Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 a town hall meeting
"There's a big chunk of the country that thinks that I have been too soft on Wall Street."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 22, 2010
John Dennis
John Dennis
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign commercial
Taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco. 
True
September 15, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 23, 2010 a campaign commercial
Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on August 25, 2010 comments on his TV show
"The federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in 65 years."
True
By Lukas Pleva • August 30, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech
"There is already a mosque four blocks away."
True
August 26, 2010
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
stated on August 10, 2010 a press release.
"U.S. taxpayers are being forced to fund Feisal Abdul Rauf’s trip to the Middle East."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2010
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
stated on August 10, 2010 a speech on the House floor.
"In 1935, more than 50% of the elderly population lived in poverty. Today that poverty rate stands officially at 9.4%."  
True
By Lukas Pleva • August 17, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 2, 2010 "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse."
True
By Alex Holt • August 12, 2010
Gen. Peter Chiarelli
Gen. Peter Chiarelli
stated on August 8, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
About 106,000 soldiers had "a prescription of three weeks or more" for pain, depression or anxiety medication.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 10, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on August 1, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week"
During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on July 25, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week"
Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate."
True
By Lukas Pleva • July 29, 2010
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on July 25, 2010 a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate.
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2010
Timothy Geithner
Timothy Geithner
stated on July 25, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector."
True
By Lukas Pleva • July 27, 2010
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