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Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown
stated on February 21, 2017 a Philly.com article
ShopRite will lose about 300 employees "voluntarily and through layoffs" due to the beverage tax.
Half Flip
By Jordan Gunselman • March 13, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 8, 2017 a tweet
"‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"The number of individuals who actually got coverage through the exchange who didn't have coverage before, or who weren't eligible for Medicaid before is relatively small. So we've turned things upside down completely for 3 million, or 4 million, or 5 million individuals."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 12, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 12, 2017 a segment on ABC's "This Week"
"If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 12, 2017
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement at a legislative breakfast
"And this would be the first year, if everything holds true, we will spend over $10 billion of our state budget on Medicaid out of the $28 billion budget."
Mostly True
By Austin Hough • March 12, 2017
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on February 27, 2017 a Facebook Live interview with Austin bureau reporters for the Dallas Morning News
Says condoms "used to be tax-exempt here in Texas."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 10, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 7, 2017 a press briefing
The Obama administration said "they were going to be able to drive folks away from one of the most expensive areas for the provision of health care, and that is the emergency rooms. In fact, they did just the opposite."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2017
Scott Pruitt
Scott Pruitt
stated on March 9, 2017 an interview on CNBC
Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2017
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 7, 2017 a tweet
"Cost of iPhone: $399 - Cost of healthcare for 1 year: $10,345 - Hearing @jasoninthehouse compare the 2 as if they are the same: priceless"
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 10, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 13, 2017 a Facebook post
"Wisconsin’s graduation rates have grown to over 90 percent" since Tony Evers became state school superintendent.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 10, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2017 the annual budget speech
Says he presented "a balanced budget."
Pants on Fire!
By Madeleine Doubek • March 9, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "All In With Chis Hayes"
The GOP health care plan gives "$275 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, people earning $250,000 a year or more."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2017
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on March 7, 2017 an online post
On filibusters for U.S. Supreme Court nominees.
No Flip
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 5, 2017 Internet posts
A photo shows "Obama being dragged before a judge in handcuffs for wiretapping Trump."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • March 9, 2017
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on March 7, 2017 a oress conference
Under the Affordable Care Act, "some people were gaming the system" by paying "for nine months of insurance, get 12 -- the other three for free."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 7, 2017 his State of the State speech
"Florida is now the only state in the nation to tax commercial leases."
True
By Allison Graves • March 8, 2017
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on February 13, 2017 his 2017 State of the City address
"We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • March 8, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview with CNN's "State of the Union"
Says 70 percent of benefits in Donald Trump’s proposal for child care "go to the people making over $100,000 a year."
True
By Gabrielle Healy • March 8, 2017
Raj Shah
Raj Shah
stated on February 24, 2017 an op-ed
"Most U.S. foreign assistance ... is given to U.S. companies and nonprofits in the form of contracts and grants."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 8, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 3, 2017 an interview
"The son-in-law of the president met with Russian officials at the Trump Tower after having them come in the back door."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2017
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