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Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign fundraising e-mail:
"Ganley said that if elected, he wants to ‘cut the dickens’ out of Social Security, Medicare and Veterans’ benefits."
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • September 20, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 16, 2010 in a series of campaign TV ads:
Tom Barrett "voted for the largest tax increase in history ... raising taxes on gas and Social Security."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2010
John Dennis
John Dennis
stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco. 
True
By Robert Farley • September 15, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on September 12, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2010
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on September 10, 2010 in a radio ad for the Scott Walker gubernatorial campaign:
Like me, Scott Walker opposed the 1998 transportation bill and the $9 billion of wasteful spending.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2010
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on September 9, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Scott Walker supported the same transportation bill he’s attacking me for. He said at the time it would save the taxpayers money.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2010 in a speech in Cleveland, Ohio.:
"When these same Republicans –- including Mr. Boehner –- were in charge, the number of earmarks and pet projects went up, not down."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on September 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 7, 2010 in campaign TV and radio ads:
Says Mark Neumann = Nancy Pelosi
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Lee Bergquist • September 9, 2010
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on September 1, 2010 in a statement on his campaign website:
"Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office"  
Mostly False
By Robert Higgs • September 8, 2010
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on August 30, 2010 in a Rhode Island News Channel debate:
"It costs us, logistically, three times more to fight in Afghanistan than it does in any other place."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on August 20, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
After Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1981 the U.S. enjoyed "exponential growth."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 5, 2010
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on August 19, 2010 in a campaign flyer:
"Congress and President Obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the United States existence."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 1, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on August 25, 2010 in comments on his TV show:
"The federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in 65 years."
True
By Lukas Pleva • August 30, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial:
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 9, 2010 in a television election ad:
"Jim Renacci supports a national sales tax of 23 percent."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • August 19, 2010
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 15, 2010 in a segment of CBS' ''Face The Nation.'':
Republicans tried to block the deficit commission.
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • August 18, 2010
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on July 6, 2010 in a speech:
"Since the president became the president, we have lost 3.3 million jobs in the private sector. But you know who's done OK and who's not complaining today? The public sector. We've gained 590,000 public sector jobs."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2010
Mike Keown
Mike Keown
stated on August 12, 2010 in his campaign Web site:
"It is wrong for the average federal worker today to make more than $100,000 while the average private-sector worker makes less than $70,000."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • August 18, 2010
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on July 7, 2010 in MSNBC's Morning Joe:
The United States accounted for 26 percent of worldwide military spending during the Cold War, but now accounts for 41 percent.
Half-True
By Erin Mershon, Robert Farley • August 13, 2010
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