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Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary:

"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014

American Crossroads
stated on October 28, 2014 a campaign ad:

As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."

False

By Lauren Carroll • October 31, 2014

Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."

False

By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014

Joe Garcia
stated on September 5, 2014 a web ad:

Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported raising flood insurance rates."

False

By Amy Sherman • September 16, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview:

Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2014

Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 a news release:

Says Common Core is a federal mandate.

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 10, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Mitch McConnell voted to raise Medicare costs for a current Kentucky senior by $6,000.

False

By Steve Contorno • July 10, 2014

Sarah Palin
stated on May 22, 2014 a Facebook post:

"As unbelievable as it sounds, your tax dollars are funding the federal government's Zombie Apocalypse Plan. I kid you not."

False

By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2014

Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 18, 2014 a discussion on CBS' "Face the Nation":

"Congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans' benefits over these last years."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2014

Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 a radio interview:

A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 14, 2014

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on April 15, 2014 a town-hall meeting:

President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • May 4, 2014

John E. Sununu
stated on April 6, 2014 a panel on "Meet the Press":

The health care law reduces "the number of uninsured in America by 3 percent for how much money? $2 trillion."

False

By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2014

CATPAC
stated on March 10, 2014 a campaign mail flier:

"Ralph Hall has never voted to raise the debt ceiling."

False

By Sue Owen • March 31, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 a TV interview:

"Federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-’15 state budget.

False

By Dave Umhoefer • February 28, 2014

Texas Liberty PAC
stated on February 22, 2014 a sign spotted outside a polling place in Austin:

Says Lamar Smith "sponsored the bill that funded Obamacare."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 a response to the State of the Union address:

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014

Paul Broun
stated on December 11, 2013 an interview:

"(Jack Kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the Georgia delegation put together."

False

By Eric Stirgus • December 30, 2013

Goldie Taylor
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation":

"Our national debt is as low as it has been since World War II."

False

By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013

Suzanne Bonamici
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion piece. :

Says "nearly 30,000" federal employees in Oregon were furloughed during the government shutdown.

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • October 17, 2013

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 a press release:

Says U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., "opposes a vote on his own legislation that he proposed just a few months ago."

False

By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2013

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