Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Johnny Isakson
stated on January 26, 2012 a press release

The "Democrat majority in the Senate has failed to submit [a] budget in the past 1,000 days."

By Willoughby Mariano • March 14, 2012

Hank Johnson
stated on February 28, 2012 a Congressional hearing

A socially conservative group sponsored a "prayer vigil" to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.

By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2012

Pat Stevens
stated on January 24, 2012 a news article

The Atlanta area’s water planning district "is now the national leader in conservation."

By Willoughby Mariano • March 6, 2012

Phil Gingrey
stated on December 28, 2011 an online news story

When Georgia tightened its voter identification laws, the state sent a van and photographer to the homes of people who needed photo IDs and made them for free.

By Willoughby Mariano • January 10, 2012

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 7, 2011 a debate

Ben Bernanke has been the most "inflationary" chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.

By Eric Stirgus • September 12, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 31, 2011 a newspaper interview

Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.

By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2011

Ralph Long
stated on July 6, 2011 a press conference

"The [Georgia] General Assembly took away the Atlanta Board of Education’s oversight of the superintendent."

By Eric Stirgus • July 13, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on June 27, 2011 a television interview

Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign has "exactly the same" challenges as Ronald Reagan’s successful 1980 bid.

By Willoughby Mariano • July 8, 2011

Al Roker
stated on June 16, 2011 a broadcast

"(Birmingham, Ala.) is the cradle of the civil rights movement."

By Eric Stirgus • June 28, 2011

Nathan Deal
stated on June 16, 2011 a radio interview

A "substantial number" of probationers participating in a pilot project to ease the farm labor shortage are able to "finish the work."

By Willoughby Mariano • June 27, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on June 13, 2011 the Republican primary presidential debate in Manchester, NH

Muslims tried to use Sharia law to influence court decisions in New Jersey and Oklahoma

By Willoughby Mariano • June 20, 2011

Kevin Bloye
stated on March 11, 2011 AJC story

Roughly 700 Georgians die needlessly each year because they are too far from a trauma center.

By M.B. Pell • June 10, 2011

Charlotte Nash
stated on May 18, 2011 a speech

"We have the best schools in the United States."

By Eric Stirgus • June 7, 2011

Robert Brown
stated on May 17, 2011 an interview

"We in the Democratic Party had no input into the locations of these hearings, nor did we have input into the process."

By Eric Stirgus • June 6, 2011

Kathleen Angelucci
stated on March 9, 2011 a newspaper article

"It is a fact that it costs more to run the schools in August."

By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2011

Calvine Rollins
stated on February 27, 2011 an op-ed

Georgia public sector employees do not have a say in the conditions of their employment, do not have bargaining rights or a say in their working conditions.

By Eric Stirgus • March 30, 2011

Hank Johnson
stated on January 26, 2011 an online posting

"The economy we preside over today is better than the one we inherited."

By Eric Stirgus • January 31, 2011

Americans For Tax Reform
stated on January 10, 2011 in a news release.

Recommendations for a major tax overhaul for Georgia are an "overall tax hike."

By Willoughby Mariano • January 28, 2011

Jack Kingston
stated on December 25, 2010 a newspaper article

The nation's food supply is "99.99 percent safe."

By Willoughby Mariano • January 19, 2011

DeKalb County
stated on December 23, 2010 its website

"The Greenest County in America."

By Eric Stirgus • January 3, 2011

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