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Jane Norton
Jane Norton
stated on July 9, 2010 a television ad
"Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez
stated on July 22, 2010 a campaign commercial
In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 17, 2010 an online column
"Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation  
False
By Robert Farley • July 23, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 7, 2010 a campaign ad
"Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona."
Mostly False
By Alex Holt • July 23, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on July 18, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on July 18, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2010
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 17, 2010 conservative blogs
Obama's dog has his "own plane"
False
By Lukas Pleva • July 22, 2010
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2010 a press conference
"Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2010
Russell Pearce
Russell Pearce
stated on July 7, 2010 a CNN interview
"Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law
Pants on Fire!
By Lukas Pleva • July 21, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"I never called for a partition" of Iraq.
True
By Robert Farley • July 21, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
"The health care numbers are going up."
Mostly False
By Alex Holt • July 20, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
"We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2010 a campaign commercial
Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 26, 2010 a political ad
As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • July 16, 2010
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on July 13, 2010 a prepared statement
The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 16, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on July 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 15, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 14, 2010 a news conference
"We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 5, 2010 a CNN interview
"We're spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy."
True
By Lukas Pleva • July 15, 2010
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz
"Most" of the Bush tax cuts went to people "in the top 3 percent of this country."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2010
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on July 11, 2010 an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press
Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2010
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