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Kim Guadagno
Kim Guadagno
stated on May 11, 2011 a radio interview on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Says Panasonic stayed in New Jersey because of the Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant (BRRAG) program.
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 10, 2011
Anonymous GOP critics
Anonymous GOP critics
stated on June 7, 2011 a web news story
Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson "appears to endorse world government."
False
By Robert Farley • June 9, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview with political commentator Roland Martin
By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on June 3, 2011 a newsletter.
"The (national) debt really added up $75 trillion in 2010 and is on track to hit $99 trillion this year."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 9, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 an e-mail.
"Rep. Robert Hurt voted again today to end Medicare and raise health care costs for Virginia seniors."
False
By Jacob Geiger • June 9, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on May 24, 2011 a public appearance
"We’re the seventh highest taxed state in America. And that’s not just state, it’s local as well."
False
By Aaron Marshall • June 6, 2011
Fred Risser
Fred Risser
stated on May 19, 2011 a debate on the Senate floor.
Says Wisconsin state Senate President Michael Elllis (R-Neenah) broke Senate rules during debate on a photo ID bill for voters.
False
By James B. Nelson • June 5, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 26, 2011 a news conference.
The 2009 stimulus bill "failed to get people back to work."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 3, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on May 22, 2011 TV interview
"No one thought we could get a bipartisan bill (Medicaid) passed. We did in the Florida Senate."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 3, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on May 18, 2011 a City Council meeting
The city’s 30 percent set aside for affordable housing in urban renewal areas is calculated citywide -- not district by district
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 2, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren
"Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 29, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
E.J. Finocchio
E.J. Finocchio
stated on April 24, 2011 a television interview
"Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2011
Ward Armstrong
Ward Armstrong
stated on May 23, 2011 a news release.
Under Gov. Bob McDonnell, more jobs have been lost than created in Southside and Southwest Virginia.
False
By Sean Gorman • May 28, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on May 21, 2011 a speech at the state GOP convention
One of every two Wisconsin residents are "on some kind of government handout."
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 26, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on May 21, 2011 in a speech announcing his presidential run
In the U.S. Constitution, "there’s a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 25, 2011
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2011 a radio interview.
Says Gov. Rick Perry has been "begging" for the federal government to send the Coast Guard to patrol two lakes on the U.S.-Mexico border.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2011
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 15, 2011 an interview
The Providence teacher contract "is one of the longest in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 9, 2011 a speech
"The health care price tag for childhood obesity in Georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising."
False
By Eric Stirgus • May 20, 2011
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