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Robert Hurt
stated on April 16, 2015 a statement.:

Says the estate tax, "in many cases," forces family farmers and small businesses owners to sell their holdings.

False

By Warren Fiske • May 3, 2015

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a talk in Austin:

"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2015 a tweet:

Under Barack Obama, "the average cost of family health care premiums has increased by $4,154."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2015

Mike Pence
stated on March 29, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."

Half-True

By Katie Sanders • March 29, 2015

The Associated Press
stated on March 9, 2015 article:

Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.

True

By Nancy Badertscher • March 13, 2015

Joseph Yost
stated on February 16, 2015 a floor speech.:

"One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015

Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before the House Committee on Labor:

The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. That's 31 percent.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2015

Sheila Resseger
stated on January 10, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."

Mostly True

By Katie Mulvaney • February 15, 2015

Maggie Hassan
stated on February 12, 2015 her budget address:

Our median household income in 2013 was the highest in the nation.

Mostly True

By Casey McDermott • February 13, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 his radio commentary:

"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015

Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 a tweet:

"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 1, 2015

Democratic National Committee
stated on December 19, 2014 a list of talking points:

Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2015

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

Tony Perkins
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."

False

By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2014

Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2014 an interview on ESPN's "Mike and Mike":

"Much more than 50 percent of parents out there are spankers."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2014

Don Beyer
stated on August 25, 2014 a web post.:

"The United States is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • August 25, 2014

X posts
stated on August 13, 2014 posts on Twitter:

The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent."

Pants on Fire!

By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families:

"In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2014

Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:

If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014

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