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John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
False
By Robert Farley • June 8, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week''
"We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2010
Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas
stated on June 6, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
Turkey is an Arab country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on June 2, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Barbara Boxer's worried about the weather" instead of terrorism as the biggest threat to national security.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • June 4, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 4, 2010 a news release
"This year, we have added an average of 200,000 jobs per month, a majority in the private sector, a stark contrast to the Bush Administration record of losing an average of nearly 750,000 jobs per month in its last three months."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2010
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on May 26, 2010 a TV ad
The American Power Act "would cut our dependence on oil in half."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 3, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on May 27, 2010 commentary on his television show
"Sixty-four percent of Americans support the Arizona immigration law.''
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • June 3, 2010
Mark Critz
Mark Critz
stated on May 27, 2010 a speech on the House floor
"The Democratic Congress has already taken significant steps to create jobs and jump-start the economy, resulting in the lowest tax rates in over 50 years and the creation of over 500,000 new jobs so far this year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2010 a press conference at the White House
"The Interior Department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. That leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. The result is, they are continually waived."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on June 1, 2010 an online campaign commercial
As the CEO of eBay, "Whitman started a separate division that only sells porn."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 1, 2010
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on May 30, 2010 an interview on ABC news "This Week''
The federal government only ordered BP to pay "to do one of those six segments" of sand barriers for Louisiana.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 1, 2010
Colin Powell
Colin Powell
stated on May 30, 2010 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"The president has added close to 68,000 troops in the last year, since he came into office, not just the 30,000 you hear, but the others that were added before that."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web ad
Sen. Barbara Boxer "passed only three bills in 18 years" into law.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 28, 2010
Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign commercial
Says he was "a Marine during Vietnam."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 26, 2010
Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign commercial
Says his opponent Dorman Grace brags on his Facebook page about receiving illegal campaign contributions.  
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 26, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2010
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on May 20, 2010 an interview with Jay Leno on NBC's The Tonight Show
Halliburton gave Dick Cheney a $34 million payout when he left the company to join the presidential ticket.
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2010
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 23, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week.'
The primary election results show Democrats are strong in Kentucky because the Democratic candidates "both got more votes than Rand Paul did."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week.'
In Hawaii, "they don't have a history of throwing incumbents out of office."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2010
Danny Tarkanian
Danny Tarkanian
stated on May 5, 2010 a Nevada U.S. Senate race campaign commercial
"Sue Lowden gave Harry Reid's campaigns a thousand dollars in five different elections, helping his Senate dreams come true."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 21, 2010
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