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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 7, 2010 a video:
"Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 11, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 6, 2010 an address at the Tea Party convention :
"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 9, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.:
"The Texas Department of Transportation... misplaced a billion dollars."  
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 22, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a campaign blog entry during the GOP gubernatorial debate:
"The Trans-Texas Corridor is dead."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 18, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 5, 2009 an interview on the Charlie Rose Show:
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • October 8, 2009
Robert Bennett
Robert Bennett
stated on July 15, 2009 a news release.:
The Obama administration has spent millions of taxpayer dollars for roadside signs to tout the economic stimulus.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on June 18, 2009 a Fox News interview:
Under the "Cash for Clunkers" program, "all we've got to do is ... go to a local junkyard, all you've got to do is tow it to your house. And you're going to get $4,500."
False
By Robert Farley • June 22, 2009
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 30, 2009 an interview on "The Today Show":
"When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 4, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2009 remaks made at an electric car testing center:
"The 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than a typical SUV sold in 2008."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2009
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 24, 2009 the Republican response to Obama's speech to Congress:
The stimulus bill includes "$8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009
John Mica
John Mica
stated on January 28, 2009 a comment quoted in the Washington Post.:
Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges.
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • January 28, 2009
Spencer Bachus
Spencer Bachus
stated on November 19, 2008:
"Even with recent changes, the average hourly wage at General Motors is still $75 an hour."
False
By Robert Farley • January 14, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 8, 2008 a TV ad:
Palin "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair, Robert Farley • September 8, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech in St. Paul, Minn.:
"That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 3, 2008 a speech at the Republican Nationention in St. Paul, Minn.:
"I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 30, 2008:
On support for the Bridge to Nowhere.
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • September 1, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 30, 2008 a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.:
"Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • January 31, 2008
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