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Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on April 16, 2010 a campaign commerical
Steve Poizner "increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 a campaign commercial
California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman "contributed to, and campaigned, for" Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 11, 2010 a TV ad
"Minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under Obamacare."
False
By Robert Farley • May 19, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on May 14, 2010 a campaign commercial
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner, a Republican, "gave $10,000 to Al Gore's recount" effort in 2000.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2010
stated on May 10, 2010 a column
Elena Kagan "has published five scholarly review articles, mostly on administrative law and the First Amendment. These articles were mostly on technical and procedural issues."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 17, 2010
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
stated on May 16, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Military "recruiting went on at Harvard every single day throughout the time (Kagan) was there."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 17, 2010
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on May 16, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Elena Kagan "violated the law of the United States at various points" with her opposition to military recruiters.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 16, 2010
Michael Savage
Michael Savage
stated on May 10, 2010 his website
Elena Kagan is "a New York City radical, Marxist lawyer through and through."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • May 14, 2010
Michael Savage
Michael Savage
stated on May 10, 2010 his website
"She (Kagan) took money from Goldman Sachs just like her boss, Obama."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 14, 2010
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on May 5, 2010 a broadcast of the Ed Show
"Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu received almost $1.8 million from BP over the last decade."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • May 14, 2010
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
stated on May 4, 2010 an interview on CNN
"In the last 10 years we've only had 7,000 barrels of oil spilled in the Gulf ... not counting hurricanes. This well is spewing that amount every day and a half."
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • May 13, 2010
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
stated on May 11, 2010 an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz
Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on May 9, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, cast votes for TARP, the stimulus, and an individual mandate for health care.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on May 11, 2010 a speech on the Senate floor
On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court.
False
By Catharine Richert • May 12, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on May 9, 2010 a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2010
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on May 6, 2010 a press conference
The president can "authorize the killing of a U.S. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2010
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on April 19, 2010 comments on the MSNBC show Countdown
The Treaty of Tripoli signed by President John Adams was "his outreach to Muslims."
Half-True
By Alex Holt • May 11, 2010
John Barrasso
John Barrasso
stated on May 10, 2010 an interview on Fox News
On military recruiters at Harvard, Elena Kagan "took a position and the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that she was wrong."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 10, 2010
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 9, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
Says federal law enforcement officers cut off questioning of the Christmas Day underwear bomber by giving him a Miranda warning after 30 minutes of questioning.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2010
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