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Americans United for Life
Americans United for Life
stated on April 9, 2013 a committee hearing on SB 1636
"In 2010 alone, 1,270 infants were reported to have died following attempted abortions and notably that is only one year."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 16, 2013
Arizona Citizens Defense League
Arizona Citizens Defense League
stated on April 10, 2013 an email to supporters
Says a gun bill before the Senate "is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
Virginia Society for Human Life
Virginia Society for Human Life
stated on April 3, 2013 a statement.
Under Obamacare, Virginia taxpayers would have been "forced to pay for abortions" if the General Assembly had not recently intervened.  
False
By Sean Gorman • April 15, 2013
Melvin Sickler
Melvin Sickler
stated on March 14, 2013 a U.S. Senate hearing
Says Oregon’s high minimum wage is the reason why "by 2011, Oregon's restaurants employed an average of only 13.8 workers, or 2.6 fewer employees than they did before the state's minimum wage began rising above the federal level in 1997."
False
By Christian Gaston • April 13, 2013
Lon Burnam
Lon Burnam
stated on March 4, 2013 a press release
Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor."
False
By Sue Owen • April 12, 2013
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on April 8, 2013 an interview on Fox News
Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.
False
By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 1, 2013 remarks in Austin, Texas
"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2013
Susan Yoshihara
Susan Yoshihara
stated on March 21, 2013 testimony before a R.I. Senate committee
Assertions that it makes no difference whether children are raised by heterosexual or homosexual parents have been "shattered by the latest and best social science and research."
False
By Michael McKinney • April 7, 2013
Marion Hammer
Marion Hammer
stated on April 2, 2013 a committee hearing
Says rabid animals from other states carry "different strains of rabies" that Florida "vaccines and serums don’t affect."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 4, 2013
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on March 27, 2013 a tweet
Says that under President Barack Obama’s health care law, "your insurance" premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost "as much as a new Explorer."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2013
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on March 22, 2013 a press release
"75 percent of the (air traffic control) towers the Obama Administration is closing are located in Republican Congressional Districts."
False
By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2013
Bishop Thomas Tobin
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on March 27, 2013 a news release
"Any legislative action that is taken now could very well be rendered completely null and void by the decision of the Supreme Court expected this June."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2013
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on April 1, 2013 an opinion colulmn.
Says the president of the University of Texas has raised four-year student graduation rates to 75 percent.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2013
Carlos Trujillo
Carlos Trujillo
stated on March 22, 2013 a House Education Committee meeting
"This (parent trigger) legislation was drafted by President Obama's top advisers. It was drafted by President Clinton’s top advisers."
False
By Katie Sanders • March 27, 2013
Sal Albanese
Sal Albanese
stated on March 24, 2013 a joint mayoral candidates' appearance on MSNBC
An annual income of $500,000 "in Manhattan, believe it or not, is middle class."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2013
Bruce Hanna
Bruce Hanna
stated on March 6, 2013 a floor speech
Says, "The Democrats' proposed budget is also balanced by using more in new tax revenue than in total PERS reform or savings."
False
By Janie Har • March 23, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 20, 2013 blog posts
The Air Force wants taxpayers to fund a fantasy football league.
False
By Becky Bowers • March 22, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on March 19, 2013 a Senate floor speech
"In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 22, 2013 remarks at a Washington, D.C. event.
Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2013
Frank Keating
Frank Keating
stated on March 17, 2013 an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2013
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