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Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on October 26, 2011 a hearing of the congressional "Supercommittee"
The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency
Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency
stated on October 22, 2011 parking lot fliers outside an Iowa candidate event
Herman Cain is a "pro-choice candidate."
False
By Molly Moorhead • October 24, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 18, 2011 a debate in Las Vegas
The 9-9-9 plan "does not raise taxes on those that are making the least."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 19, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president.
False
By John Gregg • October 18, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 a debate in New Hampshire
"These 15 political appointees (on the IPAB) will make all the major health care decisions for over 300 million Americans."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 12, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 10, 2011 postings on Facebook, blogs, and social-media sites
Say the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in the U.S. is 475 to 1.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2011
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 3, 2011 an interview on Fox Business Network
Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2011
Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 22, 2011 the Fox News Google debate in Orlando
"If we had been on 'Obamacare' and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when I could get that CAT scan, that would have delayed my treatment."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.
"We're bankrupt."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 13, 2011 several media interviews
Says the vaccine to prevent HPV can cause mental retardation.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 17, 2011 a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.
Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 17, 2011 a campaign stop in New Hampshire
Scientists are "questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. … (It is) more and more being put into question."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 22, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 an interview with the 'Miami Herald.'
"The weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... it’s fair to say the science is in dispute."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 14, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 11, 2011 a debate in Ames, Iowa
When Standard & Poor's "dropped our credit rating, what they said is, we don't have an ability to repay our debt. ... I was proved right in my position" that the debt ceiling should not have been raised.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on August 11, 2011 in a debate in Ames, Iowa
"The country's bankrupt." 
False
By Becky Bowers • August 12, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 18, 2011 a television campaign ad
"In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes."
False
By Maryalice Gill • August 10, 2011
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