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Albio Sires
Albio Sires
stated on June 20, 2012 a speech on the House floor:
"Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 2, 2012
Dan Ramos
Dan Ramos
stated on June 13, 2012 a speech in the Ohio House:
Lorain "is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio."
False
By Joe Guillen • July 2, 2012
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on June 20, 2012 in a news release :
"Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."
True
By Charles Pope • June 29, 2012
Austin Fund for Quality Healthcare
Austin Fund for Quality Healthcare
stated on June 20, 2012:
"Austin is the biggest city in America with a Tier One research university (UT-Austin) but without a medical school."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2012
Shawn Lindsay
Shawn Lindsay
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign press release:
Says, "Yet in Salem they have traditionally waited until the money is almost gone to pay for the most important things in our state’s budget."
False
By Janie Har • June 26, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on May 25, 2012 a debate.:
"Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition."
True
By Sean Gorman • June 18, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on June 12, 2012 a press release.:
Says Mitt Romney has said "we don't need 'more firemen, more policemen, more teachers.' "
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • June 18, 2012
Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools
stated on June 11, 2012 a guest column:
Say Portland Public Schools' central administration makes up less than 4 percent of the staff.
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 15, 2012
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on June 7, 2012 in a tweet.:
Says "only 18 percent of Portland elementary schools have art instruction compared to 83 percent nationally."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 11, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on May 7, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor.:
Says "we are overcharging students . . . to help pay for the health care law."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 10, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 8, 2012 an email to the news media:
Says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and ‘profits’ on the loans go to help pay for the health care law.
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • June 1, 2012
We Are Wisconsin
We Are Wisconsin
stated on May 25, 2012 campaign mail:
Says Gov. Scott Walker "took away $1.6 billion from schools and handed it off as over $2 billion in tax breaks to the rich."
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2012
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on May 29, 2012 an interview with NPR:
"Only 2 percent of public high schools in the country offer PE classes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2012
Joseph McNamara
Joseph McNamara
stated on May 15, 2012 a House debate:
"In the state of Rhode Island 25 percent of our current physicians are graduates of for-profit medical schools."
False
By Tom Mooney • May 29, 2012
Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on May 9, 2012 a TV ad.:
Says he "restored prayer and the pledge in our schools."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
Conservative Voters of Texas PAC
Conservative Voters of Texas PAC
stated on May 25, 2012 whylarrywhy.com:
Says Larry Taylor gave "in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on May 9, 2012 signing new schools legislation.:
On allowing Shelby County's schools merger commission to finish work before allowing any new merger legislation.
Full Flop
By Zack McMillin • May 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 16, 2012 remarks in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
There are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 16, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 28, 2012 a conference call with reporters:
Says the health care reform bill was paid for, in part, by taking money from students and the student loan system.
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • May 14, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 26, 2012 an email:
The salaries of Wisconsin’s best-educated public school teachers were "slashed" by Gov. Scott Walker through a recent administrative rule change.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 13, 2012
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