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Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on May 15, 2013 a news release
A referendum "gives the people the chance to decide" on cutting the Milwaukee County Board budget by two-thirds
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 22, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren
The IRS is "going to be in charge of our health care."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 27, 2013 a speech.
 "Of our 98,000 teachers who are K-12, over 53,000 of those teachers today are over 50 years old."
False
By Nancy Madsen • May 17, 2013
Jason Chaffetz
Jason Chaffetz
stated on May 6, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down."
False
By Becky Bowers • May 14, 2013
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on April 11, 2013 a House Finance Committee hearing
In Cranston, it costs $5,000 to $6,000 to send out community notifications on just one Level 3 sex offender.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 12, 2013
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on May 9, 2013 an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 1, 2013 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.
Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2013
Allison Tant
Allison Tant
stated on April 30, 2013 a Florida Voices column
Says Gov. Rick Scott allowed Republican legislators to cut his teacher pay raise proposal by 60 percent.
False
By Katie Sanders • May 6, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 27, 2013 a fund raising letter
"Obama for President and Baldwin for Senate have kept their campaign offices up and running in Fox Valley, Eau Claire and La Crosse with their staffs preparing for the next battle."
False
By James B. Nelson • May 6, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on April 18, 2013 a speech.
"We have never gone a year in Virginia -- ever -- without passing a budget -- ever."
False
By Sean Gorman • May 6, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 19, 2013 an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff
"Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics."
False
By Henry J. Gomez • May 2, 2013
Oregon Health Authority
Oregon Health Authority
stated on April 24, 2013 a draft report
Says that in 2007, "Oregon ranked 25th -- or 7th from the bottom -- in percentage of children with untreated decay compared to 32 other states with similar data."
False
By Janie Har • May 2, 2013
Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman
stated on April 25, 2013 a column on an editorial cartoon.
Says the fertilizer plant that exploded in West, Texas,"had not been inspected by the state of Texas since 2006."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2013
Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson
stated on April 11, 2013 a floor speech
Says "Every legislative district in the state has at least one craft brewery and countless home brewers."
False
By Yuxing Zheng • April 27, 2013
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on April 18, 2013 House floor debate on HB 845
"Abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 25, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview on C-SPAN.
Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2013
Carlos Gimenez
Carlos Gimenez
stated on April 10, 2013 a county commission meeting
The Miami Dolphins "are the only NFL team in the entire nation that pays property taxes."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 22, 2013
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on April 11, 2013 a press release
"Demand for public transportation is reaching record levels in Wisconsin."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 22, 2013
Clean Water Portland
Clean Water Portland
stated on April 8, 2013 a campaign flier
Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S."
False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2013 blog posts on the Internet
Proposed immigration legislation would give new immigrants "a taxpayer-funded cellular phone."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2013
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