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Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 30, 2011 an interview
"When we lower tax rates, we generate more in revenues. That happened in '86 with the Reagan plan, happened in 2001, following the Bush plan."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 1, 2011 a speech before Congress
Says the federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 11, 2011 a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 12, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 29, 2011 an op-ed
Says "an average of $4 billion is added to the national debt" every day.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 11, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on March 15, 2011 a talk at a conservative think tank
Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • April 8, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 7, 2011 an op-ed
Says "some [states] with the largest reductions in crime have also lowered their prison population."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 5, 2011
Sally Bethea
Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 15, 2011 a YouTube.com video
"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 1, 2011
Calvine Rollins
Calvine Rollins
stated on February 27, 2011 an op-ed
Georgia public sector employees do not have a say in the conditions of their employment, do not have bargaining rights or a say in their working conditions.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • March 30, 2011
Young Americans for Liberty
Young Americans for Liberty
stated on March 24, 2011 a press release
"Every taxpayer owes about $130,000 to pay off the national debt."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 29, 2011
Joel Keehn
Joel Keehn
stated on March 11, 2011 a blog
The hour of sleep you lose during the change to daylight saving time might initially pose some health risks.
True
By M.B. Pell • March 28, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 21, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The HOPE scholarship "has helped turn our University System into one of the best in the Southeast, with two institutions ranked in the top 20 of public universities in the country."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 25, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 11, 2011 a Twitter post
"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 23, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on March 9, 2011 an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 22, 2011
Georgia state senators
Georgia state senators
stated on March 16, 2011 a legislative debate
Say easing restrictions on selling alcohol on Sundays will result in more traffic crashes and fatalities.
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 18, 2011
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on January 17, 2011 a newsletter to constituents
Building and running the Atlanta Streetcar is projected to create 1,399 jobs.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 16, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 2, 2011 a radio interview
"Georgia still has one of the richest programs in terms of scholarships for students to go to college."
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 15, 2011
Alan Powell
Alan Powell
stated on November 1, 2010 an interview
"Democrats have now become the party of the [Atlanta] metro area and of blacks."
Mostly True
By M.B. Pell • March 14, 2011
Larry Gause
Larry Gause
stated on March 1, 2011 a flier and campaign website
Says Charlotte Nash "pretends to be a chicken farmer" in order to get property tax exemptions.
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2011
Loren Collins
Loren Collins
stated on March 4, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill before the Georgia General Assembly would make presidential candidates meet citizenship requirements that are not in the U.S. Constitution. 
True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2011
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