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Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 7, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie Crist rode on a jet that "belongs to a serial polluter with a history of environmental violations fined nearly $2 million for polluting water."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 30, 2014 a tweet
"Wisconsin is #1 in the Midwest for personal income growth over the year."  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 29, 2014 press conference
"The minimum number of infrastructure (needs) in Atlanta is $900 million."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • August 12, 2014
George Barker
George Barker
stated on July 26, 2014 statement
Uncompensated care has "gone down by 30 percent just in the first few months" of Medicaid expansion in the states that adopted it.
True
By Nancy Madsen • August 10, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 a speech in Iowa
"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. advised citizens to "point that barrel center mass and pull the trigger" because "911 is not our best option."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 7, 2014
Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros
stated on July 22, 2014 a statement after Ivy Taylor's selection as mayor of San Antonio
San Antonio is "now the largest city in the United States ever to have an African American woman mayor."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2014
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on July 29, 2014 a speech
"There has never been an alderman who has defeated an incumbent mayor in the history of this great city."  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 6, 2014
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate
"It's been 17 years that we've had unemployment higher than the national average in Oregon."
True
By Dana Tims • August 4, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 29, 2014 a fundraising letter
"The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014
Brett Smiley
Brett Smiley
stated on June 25, 2014 a campaign brochure
There are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island."  
True
By Karen Lee Ziner • July 20, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 10, 2014 remarks to voters in Kentucky
"More women are graduating from college now than men."
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 18, 2014
Jason Riley
Jason Riley
stated on July 14, 2014 comments on Fox News' "The Kelly File'
"Black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws."
True
By Linda Qiu • July 17, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 27, 2014 a newspaper commentary
"There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining."
True
By Karen Lee Ziner • July 6, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention
Dan Patrick was the only state senator "who voted against the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 3, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 17, 2014 a debate
Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 29, 2014
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad
Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."
True
By Molly O'Connor • June 27, 2014
Austin Water Utility
Austin Water Utility
stated on May 27, 2014 as quoted in a StateImpact Texas news story
Says Central Texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years’ worth of Austin’s water use.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on June 22, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"The number of terrorists out there" has doubled.
True
By Katie Sanders • June 22, 2014
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