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Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on 2010-05-27 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 2010-05-27 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 2010-05-27 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 2010-06-01 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 2010-05-30 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 2010-05-30 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 2010-03-10 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 2010-05-25 a campaign commercial:
Says he was "a Marine during Vietnam."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 26, 2010
Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on 2010-05-25 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 2010-05-23 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 2010-05-20 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 2010-05-23 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 2010-05-23 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 2010-05-05 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
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on 2010-04-16 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 2010-04-10 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 2010-04-10 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 2010-05-11 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 2010-05-14 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 2010-05-10 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
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