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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 26, 2011 in a tweet.:
Says public education will get more money in 2012-13 though lawmakers cut $15 billion in overall spending.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on May 13, 2011 in a TV interview.:
Virginia is "headed towards another surplus this year, unlike most states."
Mostly True
By Jacob Geiger • June 4, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on May 22, 2011 in 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
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on May 29, 2011 in a filibuster.:
Says "for the first time ever," Texas lawmakers are not funding student population growth.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2011
Texas House Democratic Caucus
Texas House Democratic Caucus
stated on May 18, 2011 in a press release:
"Some neighborhood schools are closing."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 2, 2011
Mark Miller
Mark Miller
stated on May 18, 2011 in remarks to reporters:
"Abraham Lincoln (once) jumped out of a window in the Illinois Legislature in order to deny a quorum."  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 30, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 26, 2011 in announcing $615 million in budget vetoes.:
Says he vetoed $250,000 from the budget for a program to learn how to catch rainwater.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2011
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on May 20, 2011 in a press release.:
Says state budget deal between Texas House and Senate leaders "funds nursing homes, our public schools and universities and provides financial aid for college students."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 27, 2011
Rodney Ellis
Rodney Ellis
stated on May 16, 2011 in Texas Senate floor debate.:
Says state lawmakers have voted to "spend virtually all of the Rainy Day Fund four times" since the fund’s creation.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2011
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 7, 2011 in a speech.:
"The $1.8 billion in [transportation] bonding, we don’t have a repayment mechanism."
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Geiger • May 18, 2011
Kim Simac
Kim Simac
stated on April 29, 2011 in a news release:
Says people who signed recall petitions against Wisconsin state Sen. Jim Holperin received "harassing phone calls from out-of-state telemarketers claiming to represent the Democratic Party and insinuating foul play by petition circulators."
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 18, 2011
Jay Goyal
Jay Goyal
stated on May 5, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives:
Says there are more federal dollars in Gov. John Kasich's budget plan than in the previous state budget.
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • May 18, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on April 5, 2011 in comments to reporters on Texas Senate floor:
Says businesses "already pay most of the taxes."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 15, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on April 30, 2011 in a speech at a state Democratic Party dinner:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "literally invented a $3.6 billion deficit."
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 12, 2011
Matt Lundy
Matt Lundy
stated on May 2, 2011 in a news conference:
"The substitute budget now adds in tax breaks and tax deductions for those who buy these prisons."  
True
By Reginald Fields • May 12, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget:
When "the governor announced his ‘jobs budget,’ 99 folks from the Department of Taxation were let go the next day."
True
By Tom Feran • May 11, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 26, 2011 in a radio interview:
"Two million federal workers negotiate zippo, zero. There is no collective bargaining for federal employees."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • May 10, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 22, 2011 in a news release:
Says Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salaries in 2010 for employees to "participate in union activities such as collective bargaining."
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 8, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on May 4, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor:
Rick Perry "advocated to liquidate" the state’s rainy day fund in 2007.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 8, 2011
Jack Latvala
Jack Latvala
stated on May 7, 2011 in comments made on the Senate floor.:
From 2008 to 2011, "the pages in the conforming bills have gone from 400 pages to 2,200."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 7, 2011
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