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Frank Lasee
Frank Lasee
stated on January 9, 2012 an opinion column
Says that according to a study, under Obama’s health care initiative, "nearly 90 percent of people" in Wisconsin with health insurance "will have their costs go up by more than 30 percent."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 22, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on December 19, 2011 a speech.
Says proposal to boost teacher pension fund "puts no mandate on local government."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 16, 2012 a debate in South Carolina
Says an Obama administration policy prohibits people who work with at-risk youth from promoting marriage as a way to avoid poverty.
False
By Molly Moorhead • January 19, 2012
Corn Commentary
Corn Commentary
stated on July 25, 2011 blog post about farm bill.
U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is "the only working farmer currently serving in the House."
False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 17, 2012
David Sciarra
David Sciarra
stated on January 5, 2012 testimony before the state Assembly Budget Committee
Says over the last two years, New Jersey Schools Development Authority employees "have not started or completed one single school project, and I’m not talking about major school renovation. I’m talking about replacing boilers, roofs."
False
By Bill Wichert • January 16, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
"I also voted 98 percent of the time with Republicans in the Oregon Legislature."
False
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Ellyn Bogdanoff
Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on January 9, 2012 a hearing in Tallahassee
Tampa is "the strip club capital of the world."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • January 13, 2012
Frank Pallone
Frank Pallone
stated on January 5, 2012 a tweet
"One year today since #GOP took control of the House" and "no new jobs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 13, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Mitt Romney has 15 homes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2012
Ronald Rice
Ronald Rice
stated on January 5, 2012 a state senate budget committee hearing
Says in Newark "we’re paying 80 percent of the school budget from local property taxes."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 10, 2012
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment"
"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 13, 2011 a post on his campaign website
"Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by" weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.
Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 8, 2012 an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obama's desk to "the garbage can."
False
By Becky Bowers, Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill, Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 8, 2012 a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire
Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on January 5, 2012 a news release
Says area near proposed northern Wisconsin iron ore mine is "15 hours away" from where public hearing on mining was held.
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2012 a video ad
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it couldn’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 5, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on December 9, 2011 a telephone campaign
Says Rep. Jim Renacci was "trying to leave town for the holidays without extending your payroll tax cut."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 5, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 3, 2012 a speech after the Iowa caucuses
Says a new national poll shows "the majority of the American people believe we should have a gold standard" for U.S. currency.
False
By Louis Jacobson, W. Gardner Selby • January 4, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on December 27, 2011 an email newsletter
"New Jersey taxpayers … will now face the highest tolls in the country."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 2, 2012
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