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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 26, 2011 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
May 18, 2011
Jay Goyal
Jay Goyal
stated on May 5, 2011 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 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 a speech at a state Democratic Party dinner
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "literally invented a $3.6 billion deficit."
False
May 12, 2011
Matt Lundy
Matt Lundy
stated on May 2, 2011 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 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 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 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
May 8, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on May 4, 2011 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 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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