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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla.
"The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' "
True
By Bill Adair • November 28, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 18, 2007
"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."
True
November 27, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 15, 2007 a press release
"So what sort of services does Romney's health care plan provide? Per the state Web site: $50 co-pay for abortions."
True
November 27, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 25, 2007 an interview
"The truth of the matter is that during my administration, the FBI's crime statistics show that violent crime was reduced in Massachusetts by 7 percent."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas
"When Sen. Edwards ran in 2004, he wasn't for universal health care. I'm glad he is now."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 15, 2007
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas
"Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue."
True
November 15, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on November 15, 2007 Las Vegas, Nev.
"Three out of the 18 benchmarks of the (GAO) have been fulfilled. Even among Republican math, that is a failing grade."
True
By Janet Zink • November 15, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 5, 2007 a newspaper column
"The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006."
True
By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
"The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes."
True
By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 14, 2007 an interview
"We had a No Child Left Behind — a similar piece of legislation in our state a number of years ago, well before the federal law. And it's had a big impact here. It's improved schools."
True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 30, 2007
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on November 5, 2007 a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.
"Dodd brought both parties together to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act."
True
By Nell Benton • October 30, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 31, 2007 New York, N.Y.
"Fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. A 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. A 67 percent decline in robbery. A 66 percent decline in murder. This is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time.
True
October 26, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2007
Nearly half of Hispanic voters in Arizona's last election supported four measures that were "very tough on illegal immigration."
True
October 19, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 21, 2007 a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.
"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum."
True
By Sasha Bartolf • October 19, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on September 20, 2007 Davenport, Iowa
"What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right."
True
By David DeCamp • October 17, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 12, 2007
"First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn't."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2007
"With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program."
True
October 15, 2007
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
stated on August 5, 2007 Des Moines, Iowa
"This (SCHIP) is socialized medicine. It is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. Those aren't poor children."
True
By Sasha Bartolf • October 15, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 4, 2007 a comment to a reporter.
"We spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country."
True
October 12, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 4, 2007 a television ad
"She stood by ground zero workers who sacrificed their health after so many sacrificed their lives and kept standing till this administration took action."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2007
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