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David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 22, 2013 a speech
"When I was growing up as a kid in the city of Milwaukee, if we averaged 4 homicides a year in the entire city that was a record number."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 3, 2013
Todd Young
Todd Young
stated on June 19, 2013 a letter to a constituent
"Nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2013
Jason Conger
Jason Conger
stated on June 19, 2013 a House floor speech
Says "the mandate is 71 times that a child’s body will be injected with a disease" for immunizations.
False
By Janie Har • June 29, 2013
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 27, 2013 an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation”
The immigration bill "has a specific provision that says that Secretary Napolitano does not have to build any fence if she chooses not to."  
False
By Becky Bowers • June 27, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on June 10, 2013 an interview
A study of private bail bond systems "showed that Wisconsin has a higher no-show rate than other states" of defendants skipping court appearances.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 24, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 21, 2013 a meme on social media
"There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2013
Andre Jacque
Andre Jacque
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview
A monthly "police and fire protection fee" on all Wisconsin phone bills does nothing to support police and fire.
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2013
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on June 7, 2013 an op-ed article
"There is no statistical evidence that bail bonds increase the likelihood of those awaiting trial returning to court for their scheduled hearings."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 23, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 12, 2013 a speech.
The state GOP ticket "says their top priority is a career-long mission to outlaw abortion in all cases and ban some common forms of birth control."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 21, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 16, 2013 a Web video
A study ranked Florida "No. 1 in government corruption" under Gov. Rick Scott.
False
By Katie Sanders • June 20, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 an interview on NJTV's 'On The Record With Michael Aron'
"Seventy percent of the people in the state of New Jersey want marriage equality."
False
By Caryn Shinske • June 16, 2013
Doug Miller
Doug Miller
stated on May 21, 2013 a Texas House floor debate.
Says less than half of 1 percent of all the Texas legislators who ever served draw "a benefit" from pensions tied to the salaries of state district judges.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on June 4, 2013 a U.S. Ways and Means hearing
Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited."
False
By Janie Har • June 13, 2013
Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin
stated on May 23, 2013 an interview.
Says Democratic Party created Planned Parenthood
False
By Nancy Madsen • June 10, 2013
Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin
stated on May 24, 2013 an interview.
Says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan.
False
By Sean Gorman • June 10, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 an interview with WJAR-TV
"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on June 3, 2013 a news release
Says President Barack Obama is trying to "pack" the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 a news release
A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013
Steve King
Steve King
stated on May 23, 2013 a House floor speech
"Ronald Reagan’s signature on the 1986 amnesty act" gave Barack Obama about 15 million additional Hispanic votes in 2012.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2013
Ron Maag
Ron Maag
stated on April 12, 2013 a statement during a state House Finance and Appropriations Committee hearing
 "Forty-six cents of every dollar" Ohio could get for Medicaid expansion "is going to come from China or some other country that doesn’t like us very much."
False
By Stephen Koff • May 22, 2013
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