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One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 27, 2013 an email
"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
True
December 8, 2013
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on December 13, 2013 a press release
"At present spending levels, only citizens of New York have a greater local debt burden than Texans."
True
By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech
"By the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family."
True
By Julie Kliegman • December 5, 2013
Timothy Dolan
Timothy Dolan
stated on December 1, 2013 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We, the bishops of the United States -- can you believe it -- in 1919 came out for more affordable, more comprehensive, more universal health care."
True
By Julie Kliegman • December 4, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 23, 2013 a press release
"Just days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader (Ali) Khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling Israel a 'rabid dog' and accusing the United States of war crimes."
True
By Julie Kliegman • November 27, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at the American Enterprise Institute
"I did not support the sequester."
True
By Amy Sherman • November 26, 2013
Senfronia Thompson
Senfronia Thompson
stated on November 20, 2013 email blast from Progress Texas
"Macy's sent a letter to Rick Perry urging him to veto" equal pay bill.
True
By Sue Owen • November 25, 2013
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on November 24, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Harry Reid was against (the nuclear option) before he was for it. Mitch McConnell was for it before he was against it. President Obama was against it before he was for it."
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By Julie Kliegman • November 24, 2013
City of Austin
City of Austin
stated on November 8, 2013 a press release
"Nearly 20% of our residents" are born abroad.
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By Sue Owen • November 20, 2013
Allan Levene
Allan Levene
stated on November 2, 2013 an article
Says there’s no language in the U.S. Constitution that prevents someone from running for Congress simultaneously in multiple states.
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By Eric Stirgus • November 20, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
The United States "has never been richer, if you look at per capita GDP."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 18, 2013
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on October 24, 2013 a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.
The deficit this year could pay "all of the 2013 salaries of every professional baseball player for the next 248 years."
True
By Kaitlin Mulhere • November 18, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2013 interviews on four Sunday morning news shows
Says New Jersey has gained "143,000 new private-sector jobs."
True
By Caryn Shinske • November 17, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 16, 2013 an article
"I have returned money every year since taking office."
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 15, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 13, 2013 a book
"During my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on November 4, 2013 a newspaper article.
Says the Affordable Care Act has already reduced the number of uninsured in Oregon by 10 percent.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 13, 2013
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on November 6, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"Things went wrong with the Medicare prescription D plan that George Bush rolled out."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 13, 2013
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on October 22, 2013 an interview
Finance experts estimate that paying in cash for the $2.5 billion in projects funded by the sales tax saved Gwinnett County more than $1 billion in interest payments.
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 11, 2013
George Will
George Will
stated on November 10, 2013 comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday"
Says 18 states and the District of Columbia have voted Democratic in six consecutive presidential elections.  
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 2, 2013 a response to a public school teacher
"In fact, there’s more state funding for education today than any other time."
True
By Caryn Shinske • November 10, 2013
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