Fact Check Posts – Page 357

Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 in a TV interview:

Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."

By John Hill • March 10, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 in his State of the State speech:

"We have invested record funding in protecting our environment."

By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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Says Debo Adegbile "was nominated to serve as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals" and "was abruptly withdrawn by the administration."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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a speech.:

Richmond is "the most vegan-friendly city."

By Sean Gorman • February 14, 2014

American Life League
stated on February 4, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

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