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Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 15, 2012 in remarks:
Says 21,000 Wisconsin residents got jobs in 2011, but "18,000 of them" were in other states.
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2012
Theresa Price
Theresa Price
stated on December 10, 2011 in a speech during a rally on homelessness:
"Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 20, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board:
The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
False
By Becky Bowers • December 1, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.:
Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on June 29, 2011 in a posting on Twitter:
Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!"
False
By Janet Zink • July 13, 2011
Fred Risser
Fred Risser
stated on May 19, 2011 in 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
Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels
stated on March 28, 2011 in an interview with PBS's Tavis Smiley.:
Says that in 41 states, government workers "are better paid than the taxpayers who support them."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 21, 2011
Richard Ferruccio
Richard Ferruccio
stated on March 8, 2011 in a radio interview:
"What we have now is the most generous, in my opinion, 'good time' bill in the entire United States."
False
By Peter Lord • March 21, 2011
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on January 20, 2011 in a report:
"The most significant driver of out-migration [from Rhode Island] is the estate tax."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Peter Lord • February 13, 2011
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on November 9, 2010 in an interview with Fox News.:
"We're the only system of federalism in the world."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2010
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on July 13, 2010 in a prepared statement:
The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 16, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 in a speech:
"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 in an interview:
Says Texas has been waiting for two years for the federal government to act on a proposal to allow the state to "create insurance opportunities for those that are uninsured today."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 1, 2010
Debra Lehrmann
Debra Lehrmann
stated on April 5, 2010 in a mailer:
"This race will be the Democrats’ top target this November."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2010
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