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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire:
"These 15 political appointees (on the IPAB) will make all the major health care decisions for over 300 million Americans."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 12, 2011
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 10, 2011 in a television ad airing in Orlando:
Says Bill Clinton opposes President Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 11, 2011
Eva Galambos
Eva Galambos
stated on September 27, 2011 in an op-ed:
"Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations."
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 11, 2011
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on October 2, 2011 in a TV interview:
"The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..."
False
By Lynn Arditi • October 11, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 10, 2011 in postings on Facebook, blogs, and social-media sites:
Say the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in the U.S. is 475 to 1.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2011
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on October 1, 2011 in an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show:
"Today, the Social Security system is broke."
False
By Bill Wichert • October 9, 2011
Beverly Hall
Beverly Hall
stated on August 10, 2011 in a commentary published in Education Week:
Gains in Atlanta Public Schools scores on a national standardized test lend credence to "dramatic" score increases on state tests.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 7, 2011
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 3, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 22, 2011 in in a Republican presidential debate:
An Environmental Protection Agency regulation that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012, regulates dust.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 5, 2011
Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
stated on October 2, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2011
Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
stated on September 17, 2011 in a speech:
Wisconsin's new state budget includes "a 15 percent increase for road construction and yet we’ve got local towns tearing up" paved roads and replacing them with gravel.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
"Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare!"
False
By Becky Bowers • September 30, 2011
John Sherman
John Sherman
stated on September 12, 2011 in a newsletter:
The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 28, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 22, 2011 in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando:
"If we had been on 'Obamacare' and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when I could get that CAT scan, that would have delayed my treatment."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on September 15, 2011 in a tweet:
Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales. 
False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed :
"This is the worst jobs recovery since the Great Depression."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 26, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.:
Says he "got lobbied" by a woman with late-stage cancer about vaccinating Texas girls against a virus that can cause cervical cancer.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 23, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 19, 2011 in a news release:
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is backing President Barack Obama’s plan to pass a $1.5 trillion tax increase.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.:
"We're bankrupt."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on September 6, 2011 in an op-ed:
"[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2011
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