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Brookhaven
Brookhaven
stated on July 21, 2014 a city mailer
Brookhaven homeowners pay hundreds of dollars less in property taxes compared with owners of the same-value homes in unincorporated DeKalb County.
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 28, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on July 22, 2014 a television ad
A tax plan promoted by North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis will "overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 25, 2014
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 21, 2014 a campaign ad
When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were "skyrocketing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 17, 2014 a press release
Says a new report shows the "devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class Kentuckians."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 23, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 a speech to the Florida Press Association
Florida has the "third most-regressive tax" structure.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie Crist "raised taxes on the middle class" by $2.2 billion.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 7, 2014 campaign commercial
"We cut property taxes for seniors and our middle class."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 26, 2014 a letter to taxpayers
Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on June 19, 2014 television ad
David Perdue said he’d raise taxes.
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 8, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 1, 2014 a TV ad
Says Rick Scott "cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 7, 2014
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 a "Roll Call" interview
The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 26, 2014
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 22, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 22, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 Senate floor speeches and during a news conference
The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on June 10, 2014 a press release
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • June 18, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2014 remarks at a forum
Medicare is "going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."
Mostly False
June 5, 2014
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet
"From the ‘Do As I Say Not As I Do’ department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 a fundraising letter
I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2014 a campaign tweet
"Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Katie Sanders • May 21, 2014
Miami Seaport Alliance
Miami Seaport Alliance
stated on May 14, 2014 a TV ad
David Beckham’s soccer stadium would get a "special tax deal that lets them off the hook for $2 million in taxes every year for 30 years."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014
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