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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 5, 2011 the Texas Patriots PAC debate in The Woodlands, Texas:
Says IBM leader told Obama that using IBM technology to cut fraud could "pay for" health care reform.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 9, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 22, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate.:
Says the Department of Defense changed its definitions of al-Qaeda and the Taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2011
David Frum
David Frum
stated on November 28, 2011 a New York magazine article.:
"Eighty percent of the net new jobs created in the state of Texas since 2009 went to the foreign-born."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 2, 2011
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on December 1, 2011 an opinion column.:
Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 2, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 a letter to Nancy Pelosi:
"A part-time Congress with half the pay would still make $38,000 a year more than the average American family."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 1, 2011
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on November 15, 2011 a statement:
On advancing state money for a Formula One race
Full Flop
By Sue Owen • November 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 22, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate:
"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2011
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper advertisement.:
President Obama plans to "impose a tax of at least 23 percent on the Medicare prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2011 remarks at a campaign stop October 1, 2011, in New Hampshire:
"I have sent over $400 million to the border of Mexico in the form of Texas Ranger recon teams."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 9, 2011 a tweet:
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 a television ad:
Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 31, 2011 a television ad:
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 29, 2011 a campaign video.:
President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 10, 2011
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on October 20, 2011 an opinion column.:
"The Confederate battle flag never flew over Texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 25, 2011 an interview.:
Says that under his tax plan, "no matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview:
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on abortion rights.
True
By Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 5, 2011
H204TEXAS PAC
H204TEXAS PAC
stated on October 24, 2011 an email blast.:
Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 3, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 25, 2011 a TV commentary.:
Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 2, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.:
Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.:
Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2011
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