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Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on October 29, 2013 in an interview on a Lubbock radio station:
Says David Dewhurst "went out for drinks" during Senate debate on abortion bill.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 7, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2013 in a speech at Largo, Md.:
"In states where the federal government helps run these (health care) marketplaces, the average American will have more than 50 different plans to choose from, with different levels of coverage."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on September 10, 2013 in an e-mailed campaign letter:
Newark is "now home to one-third of all commercial and multi-family development."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 15, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 9, 2013 in an interview on CNN's 'Crossfire':
"We've seen priests beheaded by the Islamic rebels on the other side. We've also seen an Islamic rebel eating the heart of a soldier."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 2, 2013 in a CNN interview:
Says there's a "100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 5, 2013
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on August 7, 2013 in an interview:
"State law says that once the state appraises a piece of property, they can only pay it a certain amount above appraisal."  
True
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • August 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2013 in a speech on homeownership:
"We now sell more products made in America to the rest of the world than ever before."
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2013 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
Says "Canada has one-tenth of our population—yet it issues far more high-skilled visas (more than 150,000) yearly than we do (65,000)."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 24, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 27, 2013
Derek Ryan
Derek Ryan
stated on May 22, 2013 in a tweet:
Says first eight chosen to draw Austin City Council districts are seven Democratic primary voters and one Republican primary voter.
True
By Sue Owen • June 4, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 19, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told insurance companies "they couldn't inform their policyholders of what they thought the impact of Obamacare would be on them."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • May 28, 2013
Reclaim America PAC
Reclaim America PAC
stated on May 14, 2013 in a TV ad:
Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • May 15, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 29, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Every Florida teacher gets a pay raise."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 1, 2013
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on April 17, 2013 in a statement:
The Manchin-Toomey amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members" to get government approval.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 18, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2013 in a Facebook post:
A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 5, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on February 12, 2013 in in reaction to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.:
Says U.S. greenhouse gas "emissions are at 20-year lows."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 1, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on March 20, 2013 in tweets:
While the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 22, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC:
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
True
By Becky Bowers • March 21, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC:
"Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city" of Washington D.C.
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 20, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 in his State of the State speech:
A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013
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