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Steve Mnuchin
Steve Mnuchin
stated on April 27, 2017 a April 26 press conference
Says President Donald Trump "has given more financial disclosure than anybody else."
False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 In a tweet
"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."
Mostly True
By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 5, 2017 an interview explaining his bill
Says the T.R.U.M.P. Act, which would force presidential candidates to release their tax returns to run in North Carolina, "has a lot of support – by a majority of North Carolinians and members of both parties."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 19, 2017
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for American Progress Action Fund
stated on April 16, 2017 the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org
"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 18, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2017 a Pensacola jobs roundtable
Says Florida has "the second-lowest taxes, per capita, state taxes of any state in the country."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 13, 2017
Jim Patterson
Jim Patterson
stated on April 10, 2017 a press release
California will have the "highest gas tax in the nation" once its 12 cent gas tax hike goes into effect.
False
By Chris Nichols • April 11, 2017
Ax The Bev Tax
Ax The Bev Tax
stated on March 22, 2017 In a tweet
"We offer a tremendous amount of low calorie, no calorie options, like waters, unsweetened products, low calorie diet items. All of which unfortunately are taxed by this tax."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Dent • March 24, 2017
David Price
David Price
stated on March 22, 2017 a report from his Congressional office
"Under the Republican health care repeal proposal North Carolina faces the 2nd highest premium increase in the nation. North Carolina residents will face an average cost increase of over $7,500."
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 24, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 21, 2017 an interview
The GOP’s Obamacare replacement would reduce subsidies that help lower-income people buy health insurance, but also "expand the entitlement" by giving subsidies to higher-income people "that Obamacare never helped."
True
March 23, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 20, 2017 a video
Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."   
Half-True
March 21, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 23, 2017 and in several other statements over the past two months.
The proposed state budget contains "an additional tax cut for the middle class."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • March 17, 2017
Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown
stated on February 21, 2017 a Philly.com article
ShopRite will lose about 300 employees "voluntarily and through layoffs" due to the beverage tax.
Half Flip
By Jordan Gunselman • March 13, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 8, 2017 a tweet
"‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."
Mostly False
March 13, 2017
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on February 27, 2017 a Facebook Live interview with Austin bureau reporters for the Dallas Morning News
Says condoms "used to be tax-exempt here in Texas."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 10, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "All In With Chis Hayes"
The GOP health care plan gives "$275 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, people earning $250,000 a year or more."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 7, 2017 his State of the State speech
"Florida is now the only state in the nation to tax commercial leases."
True
By Allison Graves • March 8, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview with CNN's "State of the Union"
Says 70 percent of benefits in Donald Trump’s proposal for child care "go to the people making over $100,000 a year."
True
By Gabrielle Healy • March 8, 2017
Kip Kendrick
Kip Kendrick
stated on January 20, 2017 an interview on KMIZ’s “This Week”
"Corporate entities are paying a lot less taxes this year than they have in the past. Part of that is from a loophole in a bill that was passed in 2015."
Mostly True
By Jen Para • March 2, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on March 1, 2017 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
"The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 an interview
"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.
Mostly True
February 17, 2017
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