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AFSCME
stated on April 3, 2012 in a web site posting:

Says gubernatorial recall candidate Tom Barrett supported passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.

False

By James B. Nelson • April 6, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 in a speech to the Newspaper Association of America:

Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare."

False

By Aaron Sharockman • April 4, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on April 2, 2012 in a Rose Garden press conference:

If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it "would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."

False

By Molly Moorhead • April 4, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on April 2, 2012 in in a speech in Wisconsin:

"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."

False

By Becky Bowers • April 3, 2012

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
stated on March 27, 2012 in a congressional briefing:

The Florida Department of Agriculture’s website FreshFromFlorida.com can be used "to get a permit to carry a loaded hidden gun without ever leaving your house."

False

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2012

Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2012 in a "Fox and Friends" interview:

Says Barack Obama's health care law "will be the biggest job-killer ever."

False

By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2012

New Jersey Republican State Committee
stated on March 19, 2012 in a tweet:

"And the #jerseycomeback keeps rolling! Thanks to @GovChristie NJ now has lowest corruption risk of any state."

False

By Bill Wichert • April 2, 2012

Frank LoBiondo
stated on March 19, 2012 in a letter to the editor:

Says "new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office conclude the final price-tag" for the health care law "will exceed $2 trillion — more than double what was initially reported."

False

By Erin O'Neill • April 1, 2012

Marsha Blackburn
stated on February 29, 2012 in a press release announcing her vote against the Independent Payments Advisory Board.:

Says President Obama and his allies in Congress gave "power" to control Medicare patients’ health care decisions to "a commission of 15 unelected bureaucrats in Washington."

False

By Bartholomew Sullivan • March 30, 2012

Pat Boone
stated on March 11, 2012 in a television ad:

"Medicare will be bankrupt in nine years."

False

By Tom Feran • March 29, 2012

Dolores Gresham
stated on February 29, 2012 in an interview with reporters following presentation of improved lottery revenues.:

"Right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of Tennessee's lottery scholarship students for a few years more."

False

By Richard Locker • March 29, 2012

Steve Rothman
stated on March 16, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:

Says Congressman Bill Pascrell "voted to remove the public option from the Affordable Health Care Act."

False

By Bill Wichert • March 28, 2012

Harold Metts
stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release:

Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education."

False

By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 28, 2012

Jimmie T. Smith
stated on February 24, 2012 in a House committee debate:

"It was found unconstitutional to drug test elected officials because it prevents us, as citizens, from having that First Amendment right."

False

By Katie Sanders • March 27, 2012

Tom Price
stated on March 14, 2012 in a press release:

New federal projections estimate that the health care overhaul "will cost $1.76 trillion over 10 years -- well above the $940 billion Democrats originally claimed."

False

By Willoughby Mariano • March 27, 2012

Tommy Thompson
stated on March 3, 2012 in a speech:

Says when he was governor, Wisconsin cut unemployment to 2.1 percent and the state’s unemployment rate was "the lowest in the country for 40 consecutive months."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • March 26, 2012

Bloggers
stated on March 12, 2012 in blog posts and links on the Internet:

The administration has issued rules for "$1 abortions in ObamaCare" and "requires all persons enrolled in insurance plans that include elective abortion coverage to pay" an abortion premium.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on March 19, 2012 in a tweet.:

"Did you know ObamaCare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected -- $1.8 TRILLION?"

False

By Molly Moorhead • March 21, 2012

Bill Pascrell
stated on March 3, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:

"Ninety percent of the people who work in this country work for companies under 100 people, maybe even less than that."

False

By Bill Wichert • March 21, 2012

Rod Monroe
stated on March 1, 2012 in a floor speech.:

Says "the No. 2 cause of death in the U.S. (for) women under 50 is being killed by their spouse or domestic partner."

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • March 19, 2012

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