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Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs … (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"When it comes to being effective at creating jobs … (Chris Christie has not had) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... Last year, New Jersey created no net new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on September 26, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
"President Obama has declared disasters in 48 of 50 states this year."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 30, 2011
Save America's Postal Service
Save America's Postal Service
stated on September 29, 2011 a television ad
The Postal Service’s financial losses result from "a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue, while the Postal Service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 a meeting with the Nashua "Telegraph" editorial board
"It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2011 a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 22, 2011 the Fox News Google debate in Orlando
"If we had been on 'Obamacare' and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when I could get that CAT scan, that would have delayed my treatment."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 22, 2011 a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio
"A construction worker who’s making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldn’t be paying higher tax rates than the guy who’s making $50 million a year. And that’s how it’s working right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando
Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando
Says he never said he wanted to move Social Security "back to the states."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando
"President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando
"The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.
"We're bankrupt."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 a debate in Orlando, Fla.
President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.'
Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs.
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 22, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on September 17, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes"
More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration than in the eight years of the Bush administration.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on September 19, 2011 on "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 13, 2011 several media interviews
Says the vaccine to prevent HPV can cause mental retardation.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2011
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