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Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio
Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013
Karl King
Karl King
stated on October 15, 2013 a website statement
There were "$2 billion in earmarks in fiscal year 2012."
False
By Dana Tims • November 15, 2013
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Politics Nation"
"On (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you can’t even make half the poverty level."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013
Goldie Taylor
Goldie Taylor
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation"
"Our national debt is as low as it has been since World War II."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013
Ken Detzner
Ken Detzner
stated on November 4, 2013 a state Senate ethics and elections committee hearing
One of the "main functions" of the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE database is "checking voter registration citizenship status."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 14, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on November 12, 2013 a segment on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation"
Under Obama, the national debt "has been reduced every year for the last five years."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013
Miriam Martinez
Miriam Martinez
stated on November 11, 2013 her campaign website
I am "the first Latina to run for governor of Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 11, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel
"In July 2010 the government said small businesses -- 60 percent -- will lose their health care, 45 percent of big business and a large percentage of individual health."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 11, 2013 a Fox News interview
"They delayed my swearing-in here in Massachusetts for a couple weeks so they could ram (the health care law) through."  
False
By Katie Sanders • November 12, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on October 29, 2013 a YouTube ad
Says Kay Hagan "supports waivers for friends of Obama and special treatment for Congress and their staffs."
False
By Julie Kliegman • November 7, 2013
Branko Radulovacki
Branko Radulovacki
stated on October 14, 2013 an email
I am the only U.S. Senate candidate who spoke out against bombing Syria, and who challenged Georgia’s governor and insurance commissioner over obstruction to the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Janel Davis • November 5, 2013
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on October 31, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel's "The Five."
"The insurance industry is actually run by mostly Democrats."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 4, 2013
Friends of Clearwater PAC
Friends of Clearwater PAC
stated on October 21, 2013 a flier
Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods."
False
By Charlie Frago • November 2, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on October 24, 2013 a debate.
Terry McAuliffe "wants to raise your taxes $1,700 to pay for his infinite promises."
False
By Sean Gorman • November 1, 2013
Julie Parrish
Julie Parrish
stated on October 2, 2013 a House floor speech
"West Linn has one of the highest per capita rates of home-based businesses in the United States."
False
By Dana Tims • October 31, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 26, 2013 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party
"This is the year Florida becomes a majority minority state."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2013
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on October 28, 2013 a tweet
"FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2013
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes
stated on October 25, 2013 a broadcast of the Charlie Sykes Show on WTMJ
"The number of Americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2013
Daniel Llanes
Daniel Llanes
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion column
"78702 is the second-most gentrified ZIP code in the entire country."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on October 24, 2013 a Fox News interview
"Hidden" in the healthcare.gov code is language that means users "waive any reasonable right to privacy of your personal information."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 29, 2013
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