Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:

Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on October 24, 2013 a debate.:

Terry McAuliffe "wants to raise your taxes $1,700 to pay for his infinite promises."

By Sean Gorman • November 1, 2013

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on October 2, 2013 radio ad.:

Terry McAuliffe has "threatened to shut down Virginia’s government if his budget plan isn’t supported."

By Sean Gorman • October 11, 2013

Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 12, 2013 website posting.:

Under Cuccinelli’s tax cut plan, "school divisions across Virginia could be forced to fire over 8,000 teachers."

By Nancy Madsen • September 27, 2013

Dave Hansen
stated on July 19, 2013 a news release:

The Republican-authored state budget includes a provision "forcing people earning as little as $12,000 to buy private health insurance that could cost them as much as $4,000 per year."

By Dave Umhoefer • July 26, 2013

Andre Jacque
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview:

A monthly "police and fire protection fee" on all Wisconsin phone bills does nothing to support police and fire.

By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2013

Allison Tant
stated on April 30, 2013 a Florida Voices column:

Says Gov. Rick Scott allowed Republican legislators to cut his teacher pay raise proposal by 60 percent.

By Katie Sanders • May 6, 2013

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on April 18, 2013 a speech.:

"We have never gone a year in Virginia -- ever -- without passing a budget -- ever."

By Sean Gorman • May 6, 2013

Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on April 11, 2013 a press release:

"Demand for public transportation is reaching record levels in Wisconsin."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 22, 2013

Bruce Hanna
stated on March 6, 2013 a floor speech:

Says, "The Democrats' proposed budget is also balanced by using more in new tax revenue than in total PERS reform or savings."

By Janie Har • March 23, 2013

Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 his State of the State speech:

A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013

Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 a press release:

Says Rick Scott called education not a "core function" of the state.

By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013

Sondy Pope
stated on February 18, 2013 a news release:

Under Gov. Scott Walker’s public-school budgets, "a student entering kindergarten will not enjoy the same state investment in his or her education as those that came before them until they are graduating from high school."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 3, 2013

Bob Stacey
stated on November 26, 2012 in a memo:

Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."

By Christian Gaston • February 20, 2013

Grover Norquist
stated on February 7, 2013 a radio interview.:

In Virginia "there has been a billion dollars in surplus over the last three years. The legislature has spent less than 1 percent of that on roads."

By Sean Gorman • February 18, 2013

Richard Saslaw
stated on January 9, 2013 an interview:

"One-third of the gasoline is purchased by out-of-state people" in Virginia

By Nancy Madsen • February 5, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2013 a press conference.:

Says Texas public school funding grew three times the rate of enrollment from 2002 to 2012.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2013

Dawson Hodgson
stated on January 3, 2013 a radio interview:

"The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island."

By Michael McKinney • January 13, 2013

The Campaign to Fix the Debt
stated on December 17, 2012 a press release:

"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 20, 2012

Ohio Republican Party
stated on September 11, 2012 an election flier :

Says Ohio's Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will "have a blank check to spend our money."

By Joe Guillen • October 3, 2012

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