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Anna Little
Anna Little
stated on August 2, 2012 an interview on NJToday
"We actually made history in 2010. We came the closest in 24 years to defeating Frank Pallone."
False
By Bill Wichert • August 13, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on August 6, 2012 an op-ed.
The Obama administration is "unwinding our nation’s welfare-to-work requirements."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 13, 2012
Dolores Gresham
Dolores Gresham
stated on July 16, 2012 in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.
"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.
False
By Richard Locker • August 12, 2012
Multnomah County Library Foundation
Multnomah County Library Foundation
stated on July 25, 2012 a newsletter.
Says library district would come "at no direct cost to the city budget."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 10, 2012
Tomorrow's Vision of Florida
Tomorrow's Vision of Florida
stated on August 6, 2012 a mailer
Says Ron Saunders "made the choice to stand with Rick Scott" on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2012
stated on July 26, 2012 a radio ad
Says Tommy Thompson favors Obama's health care mandate, was publicly thanked by Obama for health reform support and that Thompson "says we can't repeal 'Obamacare.'"
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 10, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on July 22, 2012 an interview
 "I have voted every year in Wisconsin."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 10, 2012
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on August 10, 2012 a YouTube video
A United Nations arms treaty would "almost certainly force" the U.S. to "create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 10, 2012
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on August 7, 2012 a press White House press briefing
"Gov. Romney himself, with 28 other Republican governors, supported policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the welfare reform law and allowed people to stay on welfare forever."
False
By Molly Moorhead • August 9, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on August 7, 2012 campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on August 8, 2012 campaign website statements
Says he never voted for a "tax increase."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 4, 2012 a press statement
President Obama’s lawsuit claims it is unconstitutional for Ohio to allow servicemen and women extended early voting privileges during the state’s early voting period.
False
By Sabrina Eaton • August 6, 2012
Chuck Fleischmann
Chuck Fleischmann
stated on July 17, 2012 in a blog post on his campaign website.
Says that President Obama said that "Small Businesses Succeed Because of Government."
False
By Michael Collins • August 6, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 30, 2012 a news release
In 2010, Betty Sutton "voted to destroy Medicare."
False
By Stephen Koff • August 3, 2012
Michael Riley
Michael Riley
stated on July 26, 2012 a taped debate on "State of the State"
The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”
"The president's first major foreign policy speech in Cairo was to apologize for our country."
False
By Maryalice Gill • July 31, 2012
Gerard Robinson
Gerard Robinson
stated on June 15, 2012 a written statement
FCAT tests "account for less than 1 percent of the instructional time provided during the year."  
False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 23, 2012 a news conference
"What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 30, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 an op-ed piece
A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012
New Boston Republican Committee
New Boston Republican Committee
stated on July 23, 2012 a campaign sign in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
Says Democrats racked up a $1 billion state deficit, while Republicans under Bill O'Brien balanced the budget.
False
By Jake Berry • July 29, 2012
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