Fact Check Posts – Page 356

Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 a TV interview

"Federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-’15 state budget.

By Dave Umhoefer • February 28, 2014

Josh McKoon
stated on February 24, 2014 Talking with reporters about his bill.

A Georgia religious freedom bill would help Catholic institutions that, under Obamacare, could be forced to provide abortion-inducing drugs.

By Nancy Badertscher • February 28, 2014

Pat Toomey
stated on February 24, 2014 an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal"

Says Debo Adegbile "was nominated to serve as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals" and "was abruptly withdrawn by the administration."

By Steve Contorno • February 27, 2014

Texas Liberty PAC
stated on February 22, 2014 a sign spotted outside a polling place in Austin

Says Lamar Smith "sponsored the bill that funded Obamacare."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on February 20, 2014 a speech to Democratic governors

"We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion."

By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014

Bill Kristol
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

The Ukraine Orange Revolution in 2004 "was the first color revolution."

By Julie Kliegman • February 23, 2014

Kai Ryssdal
stated on February 18, 2014 a "Marketplace" segment

A Congressional Budget Office report says President Barack Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."

By Katie Sanders • February 20, 2014

Dwight Jones
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech.

Richmond is "the most vegan-friendly city."

By Sean Gorman • February 14, 2014

American Life League
stated on February 4, 2014 an email blast

Girl Scouts USA’s curriculum "promotes Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, Betty Friedan, founder of NARAL Prochoice, and other pro-abortion women as icons for our children to emulate."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2014

Oregon Citizens Lobby
stated on February 6, 2014 a legislative hearing tweet

Kip Kinkel and Clackamas Town Center shootings "both where citizen with gun stopped the crime"

By Dana Tims • February 12, 2014

Sly James
stated on February 7, 2014 a radio interview

Responding to a major snow event in Atlanta would be like Kansas City, Mo., responding to a major earthquake.

By Nancy Badertscher • February 12, 2014

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 19, 2014 an email

A bill backed by Sean Duffy and other House Republicans "could actually require the Internal Revenue Service to conduct audits of rape victims" who get an abortion.

By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2014

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 31, 2014 an interview

Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is responsible for the roughly $7,800 "I pay in property taxes per year."

By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2014

George Will
stated on February 6, 2014 a "Washington Post" column

Says President Barack Obama carried Congressional District 13 "by 8.2 points in 2008 and 5.6 points in 2012."

By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2014

George Will
stated on February 6, 2014 a "Washington Post" column

"Any Floridian who has ever requested an absentee ballot henceforth gets one automatically."

By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2014

Mr. Conservative
stated on January 29, 2014 a blog post

"According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation."

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2014

Brett Hulsey
stated on January 9, 2014 a radio interview

"Every year since Gov. Walker and the Republicans have been in control of the Legislature we’ve created fewer jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."

By James B. Nelson • January 31, 2014

Charley English
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference

"It still had not gotten terrible on the roads" by 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday.

By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 31, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 a response to the State of the Union address

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014

Curtis Martin
stated on January 28, 2014 comments on ESPN

"I played in a game here against the Pittsburgh Steelers where there was 23 inches of snow. … We played in at least 15 inches of that."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 30, 2014

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