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Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on July 4, 2011 a house party in Belmont, N.H.
Says that when he was governor of Utah, he worked with the state Legislature to create a flat tax that "cut income taxes by 30 percent."
Mostly False
By Kevin Landrigan, Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 24, 2011 a statement from the campaign
Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on July 18, 2011 a house party in Henniker, N.H.
In Europe, "church attendance rates (are) in the single digits" because churches are supported by taxes.
Mostly False
By Josh Rogers • July 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 25, 2011 a televised address
"The deficit was on track to top $1 trillion the year I took office."
True
By Robert Farley • July 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on July 24, 2011 a prepared statement
Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 25, 2011 a televised speech
The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 25, 2011 a televised address
"President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times.  George W. Bush did it seven times."
True
By Robert Farley • July 26, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 16, 2011 an interview with the 'Telegraph'
"When the Republicans were in charge, they actually expanded government health care with the prescription drug program."
True
By Jake Berry • July 25, 2011
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on July 24, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Most countries have no debt ceiling."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2011 an interview on NPR
Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
stated on July 15, 2011 a column by Victoria Jackson
"A clause hidden in the Obamacare bill, which is now law, gives Obama the right to form a private army."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 5, 2011 a Town Hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.
"Federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. So someone (who) doesn’t have health insurance --  they can go to the hospital and get free care."
Mostly False
By Dan Gorenstein • July 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall in New Hampshire
Said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 at a meeting arranged by the Small Business Caucus at the Kimball Jenkins House in Concord, N.H.
Says the new Dodd-Frank financial law requires a 20 percent down payment to buy a house.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 18, 2011 a tweet
"Since 2000, nearly 12 million Americans have slipped out of the middle class and into poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 5, 2011 a town hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.
During his first year, President Obama said he "was going to visit Kim Jong-ll and Ahmadinejad and Assad and Chavez – the worst actors in the world."
Mostly False
By Josh Rogers • July 20, 2011
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on July 13, 2011 an interview on CNN
"Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 19, 2011
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
stated on June 24, 2011 a news release
Says that, unlike the U.S. Senate, "even the Libyan government, in the middle of a civil war, passed a budget on June 15, 2011"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2011
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on July 17, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The black unemployment rate (has) increased since the recovery has begun."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 a press conference
"The clear majority of Republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
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