Fact Check Posts – Page 375

Clackamas County Commission
stated on August 23, 2012 in a press release:

Clackamas County Commissioners "approved a re-negotiated agreement to lower the county’s contribution to TriMet’s Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project to $19.9 million from $25 million."

By Janie Har • August 30, 2012

Bill Nelson
stated on August 20, 2012 in remarks at a campaign event:

Says Connie Mack IV co-sponsored a bill to "take a third of the Social Security Trust Fund ... give it in individual accounts to the senior citizens, who then were to invest it in the stock market."

By Joshua Gillin • August 30, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

Says the national health care law puts federal "bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor."

By Erin O'Neill • August 30, 2012

Anthony Gemma
stated on August 28, 2012 in a TV debate:

Says that as Providence’s mayor, David Cicilline said the city had a "world-class … school system. Not only did Providence not have a world-class school system but as measured, was amongst the last school system in the entire country."

By Tom Mooney • August 30, 2012

Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

Says President Barack Obama broke his promise to keep a Wisconsin GM plant from closing.

By Tom Kertscher • August 30, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

Barack Obama has "never even worked in business."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

When his grandfather arrived in the United States, "there were no government benefits for immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012

Ted Lyon
stated on July 31, 2012 in an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman:

Says most Texas schools spend 45 out of 180 school days in mandated testing.

By Sue Owen • August 29, 2012

Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2012 in a Fox News interview:

"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."

By Becky Bowers • August 29, 2012

Paul Ryan
stated on August 27, 2012 in a speech:

"Household income in America has gone down for families an average of $4,000 in the last four years" while it " went up $5,000" under Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts

By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2012

Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 22, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."

By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2012

Wayne Powell
stated on August 21, 2012 in website posting.:

"This year, Eric Cantor has received more money from oil companies than any other member of Congress."

By Nancy Madsen • August 27, 2012

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video:

The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."

By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012

John Carter
stated on July 31, 2012 in a letter to constituents.:

Says an appointed board created under Obamacare "will have the ability to come between you and your doctor in determining the best treatment options for you!"

By W. Gardner Selby • August 21, 2012

Betty Sutton
stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign email:

Says House Republicans spent $50 million on 33 votes to repeal Obamacare.

By Tom Feran • August 21, 2012

Connie Mack
stated on August 9, 2012 in a video on his campaign website:

Says Bill Nelson "voted to raise our taxes 150 times."

By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2012

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on August 3, 2012 in an email to subscribers:

"13,000 Floridians are able to vote -- but their governor won't tell them."

By Amy Sherman • August 17, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 14, 2012 in an Americans for Prosperity attack ad:

Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."

By Joshua Gillin • August 16, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on August 9, 2012 in a campaign flier:

"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations."

By Tom Mooney • August 15, 2012

American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 in an advertisement:

Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."

By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012

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