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Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on 2010-09-28 a campaign commercial:
Rand Paul "wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2010
Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List
stated on 2010-09-30 a TV ad:
Sen. Barbara Boxer "voted against immigration reform to permit (Hispanic immigrants) people to come here legally to work."
False
By Robert Farley • October 8, 2010
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on 2010-09-21 a campaign commercial:
"Since Debbie Halvorson has been in politics, Illinois has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on 2010-10-03 a campaign commercial:
Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chad Causey "was a Washington, D.C. bureaucrat."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
stated on 2010-10-03 ABC's "This Week":
In most Muslim countries, "We can't have a church. We're not able to build synagogues. It's forbidden."
False
By Robert Farley • October 6, 2010
Commonsense Ten
Commonsense Ten
stated on 2010-09-15 a TV ad:
 Says Roy Blunt "secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris" into a national security bill while "Blunt's girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 Philip Morris executives wrote checks to Blunt totaling $23,000."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 5, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on 2010-08-25 a television ad:
"Barbara Boxer voted to cut spending on Medicare benefits by $500 billion, cuts so costly to hospitals and nursing homes that they could stop taking Medicare altogether."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2010
Patriot Majority PAC
Patriot Majority PAC
stated on 2010-08-17 a campaign commercial:
The Chilean "privatization scheme" that Sharron Angle supports "has resulted in hidden fees, fewer benefits, and millions of people with no coverage."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-09-28 a speech in Madison, Wisc.:
The Republican election platform "was actually written with the help of a former lobbyist for AIG and a former lobbyist for Exxon-Mobil."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 30, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-09-27 a TV interview:
"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 30, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on 2010-09-20 a campaign ad:
Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., "voted for the pork-filled stimulus bill -- $1.9 million to study ants in Africa, $39 million for office upgrades for politicians."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on 2010-09-20 a campaign commercial:
Says Joe Sestak "voted to gut Medicare ... reducing benefits for 854,489 seniors" and jeopardizing "access to care for millions."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on 2010-09-26 ABC's "This Week":
Independent groups behind ads attacking Democratic candidates are "front groups for foreign-controlled companies."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • September 28, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on 2010-09-26 an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour:
The GOP's "Pledge to America" includes "a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... Eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this budget."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2010
Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on 2010-09-14 a campaign video:
Says Rand Paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.
False
By Robert Farley • September 27, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on 2010-09-23 a campaign ad:
Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on 2010-09-23 a blog post:
Says John Boehner "admits 'we are not going to be any different than we’ve been' " by returning to "the same failed economic policies" that "wrecked our economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2010
Citizens for the Republic
Citizens for the Republic
stated on 2010-09-21 a campaign commercial:
Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on 2010-09-19 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We paid down the debt for four years -- paid down $600 billion on the national debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on 2010-09-19 ABC's "This Week":
It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.
False
By Robert Farley • September 23, 2010
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