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Dennis Algiere
Dennis Algiere
stated on May 24, 2012 in a letter to the editor:
"The legislature was never given the opportunity to debate or vote on loaning $75 million to 38 Studios."
True
By Tom Mooney • June 1, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 17, 2012 in an interview with C-SPAN:
"The region I represent, both currently and in the future, has more automotive plants than the entire state of California."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • May 29, 2012
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on April 18, 2012 in a committee hearing in the House of Representatives:
"Water transportation is the most fuel efficient, least polluting, safest, and least expensive means of moving cargo."
True
By Peter Krouse • May 28, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 16, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • May 25, 2012
Sylvia Romo
Sylvia Romo
stated on May 20, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2012 in on the Internet:
Says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has "accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history," because it's actually risen "slower than at any time in nearly 60 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2011 in statements to the media:
On President Barack Obama’s stimulus
Half Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 14, 2012 in an email campaign statement:
Says Josh Mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry.
False
By Henry J. Gomez • May 18, 2012
Bob Latta
Bob Latta
stated on May 5, 2012 in an email statement:
Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 in a speech in Albany, N.Y.:
"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 2, 2012 in an email statement:
Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • May 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 4, 2012 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (Creating 115,000 jobs, the total from April 2012) is way, way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on April 21, 2012 in a TV interview.:
 The U.S. economy is "recovering slower than Europe "
False
By Sean Gorman • May 7, 2012
stated on April 26, 2012 in a tweet:
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 6, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 2012
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on April 19, 2012 in an interview with Austin's KUT, 90.5 FM.:
"Over the history of Austin, it’s always gotten more expensive."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 17, 2012 in a newspaper interview:
Wisconsin women "are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job."
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 2, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • May 2, 2012
Michael Turner
Michael Turner
stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney:
Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • April 30, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on April 20, 2012 in a news release.:
Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • April 29, 2012
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