Fact Check Posts – Page 388

Frank Lasee
stated on January 9, 2012 in 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."

By Tom Kertscher • January 22, 2012

Bob McDonnell
stated on December 19, 2011 in a speech.:

Says proposal to boost teacher pension fund "puts no mandate on local government."

By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on January 16, 2012 in 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.

By Molly Moorhead • January 19, 2012

Corn Commentary
stated on July 25, 2011 in blog post about farm bill. :

U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is "the only working farmer currently serving in the House."

By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 17, 2012

David Sciarra
stated on January 5, 2012 in 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."

By Bill Wichert • January 16, 2012

Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 in a debate:

"I also voted 98 percent of the time with Republicans in the Oregon Legislature."

By Janie Har • January 14, 2012

Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on January 9, 2012 in a hearing in Tallahassee:

Tampa is "the strip club capital of the world."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • January 13, 2012

Frank Pallone
stated on January 5, 2012 in a tweet:

"One year today since #GOP took control of the House" and "no new jobs."

By Erin O'Neill • January 13, 2012

Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town":

Mitt Romney has 15 homes.

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2012

Ronald Rice
stated on January 5, 2012 in a state senate budget committee hearing:

Says in Newark "we’re paying 80 percent of the school budget from local property taxes."

By Erin O'Neill • January 10, 2012

Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 in 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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012

David Dewhurst
stated on December 13, 2011 in 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.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 9, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:

Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012

Jon Huntsman
stated on January 8, 2012 in 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."

By Becky Bowers, Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill, Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 8, 2012 in a presidential primary debate in New Hampshire:

Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012

Kelda Helen Roys
stated on January 5, 2012 in a news release:

Says area near proposed northern Wisconsin iron ore mine is "15 hours away" from where public hearing on mining was held.

By Tom Kertscher • January 8, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2012 in 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.

By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 5, 2012

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on December 9, 2011 in a telephone campaign:

Says Rep. Jim Renacci was "trying to leave town for the holidays without extending your payroll tax cut."

By Sabrina Eaton • January 5, 2012

Ron Paul
stated on January 3, 2012 in 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.

By Louis Jacobson, W. Gardner Selby • January 4, 2012

Steve Lonegan
stated on December 27, 2011 in an email newsletter:

"New Jersey taxpayers … will now face the highest tolls in the country."

By Erin O'Neill • January 2, 2012

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