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Oregon 2014
Oregon 2014
stated on September 17, 2013 online campaign materials:
"In fiscal year 2011-2012, 4,191 abortions were paid for by taxpayers via the Oregon Health Plan."
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By Janie Har • September 24, 2013
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on August 14, 2013 Twitter posts:
Americans spend more than $160 billion and 6 billion hours per year complying with the tax code.
True
By Janel Davis • September 4, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 30, 2013 an article on NJ.com:
"In fact New Jersey is a donor state, we get 61 cents back on every dollar we send to Washington. And interestingly Kentucky gets $1.51 on every dollar they send to Washington."
True
By Caryn Shinske • August 4, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House:
Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on June 7, 2013 an appearance on WPRO.:
"We have one of the most expensive General Assemblies, per capita, in the entire country."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2013
Dave Joyce
Dave Joyce
stated on June 5, 2013 a tweet:
"47 - New provisions ObamaCare charges the IRS with implementing, according to the Government Accountability Office."
True
By Tom Feran • June 12, 2013
Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin
stated on June 4, 2013 a House Ways and Means hearing:
"There was no surge in 501(c)(4) applications in 2010."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 13, 2013 a gubernatorial campaign television ad:
"Buono voted 154 times to raise our taxes -- like the sales tax, the income tax, health care taxes, even small business taxes."
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By Caryn Shinske • May 19, 2013
Nancy Nathanson
Nancy Nathanson
stated on April 4, 2013 a House floor speech.:
Says "a pack-a-day smoker who quits because of the tax increase will save about $1,650 a year."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • April 15, 2013
Caddy McKeown
Caddy McKeown
stated on April 4, 2013 a House floor speech:
Says "A baby in Coos County is two times as likely to be born to a mother who is someone who used tobacco during her pregnancy as is the average baby born in Oregon or the U.S."
True
By Janie Har • April 12, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 a television interview:
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
True
By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
JoEllen Smith
JoEllen Smith
stated on February 22, 2013 an editorial:
Cobb is one of the largest school systems (in the nation) that is debt free.
True
By Janel Davis • March 15, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 20, 2013 a television interview:
"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
True
By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference:
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2013 a news conference. :
Says his transportation plan "would make Virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline."
True
By Nancy Madsen • January 10, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 a speech:
"A far different picture from the prior eight years, which saw 115 increases in taxes and fees."
True
By Caryn Shinske • January 10, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 27, 2012 an interview:
Says he has never voted for raising taxes.
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says the Multnomah County Library system "is the second busiest in the nation."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 16, 2012
Stand For Children Tennessee
Stand For Children Tennessee
stated on October 24, 2012 in a post on Facebook.:
Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.
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By Zack McMillin • November 4, 2012
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