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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 9, 2013 an advertisement:
"Over the last 10 years, Texas created 33 percent of the net new jobs nationwide."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 19, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference:
"If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you've engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law is deemed your personal collection. You then can sell it free from any background checks."
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By Michael McKinney • May 4, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on April 25, 2013 an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 30, 2013
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on April 23, 2013 a ZPolitics op-ed:
"Despite having their budget increased by over 40 percent since 2009 … pending claims for benefits with the (Department of Veterans Affairs) have increased from 391,000 to 890,000 under the Obama Administration."
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 30, 2013
Bee Moorhead
Bee Moorhead
stated on April 23, 2013 a civic summit.:
Says more Austinites voted in the city’s 1973 election featuring a mayor’s race than in the city’s most recent mayoral election.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2013
Texas State Employees Union
Texas State Employees Union
stated on April 1, 2013 an organization web page.:
"Most state employees did not receive any pay raise from 2009 to 2012."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 29, 2013
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 9, 2013 a column.:
Says the U.S. fleet of attack submarines is scheduled to fall below the 48 boats that Navy says it needs to carry out current missions.
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By Nancy Madsen • April 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 a speech from the White House Rose Garden:
A bipartisan background check amendment "outlawed any (gun) registry.  Plain and simple, right there in the text."
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By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
"The NRA used to support expanded background checks."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords
stated on April 17, 2013 an op-ed in the "New York Times":
Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks."  
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By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Nancy Nathanson
Nancy Nathanson
stated on April 4, 2013 a House floor speech.:
Says "a pack-a-day smoker who quits because of the tax increase will save about $1,650 a year."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • April 15, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 9, 2013 remarks at Politico breakfastt:
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
True
By Stephen Koff • April 15, 2013
Ban the Box RI
Ban the Box RI
stated on March 20, 2013 a video posted on YouTube:
"In Rhode Island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year."
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By Michael McKinney • April 15, 2013
Caddy McKeown
Caddy McKeown
stated on April 4, 2013 a House floor speech:
Says "A baby in Coos County is two times as likely to be born to a mother who is someone who used tobacco during her pregnancy as is the average baby born in Oregon or the U.S."
True
By Janie Har • April 12, 2013
Michele Walsh
Michele Walsh
stated on April 4, 2013 a radio discussion:
"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."
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By Tom Feran • April 12, 2013
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 2, 2013 a CNN interview:
Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."
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By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 a television interview:
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
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By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on March 28, 2013 a press conference.:
Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 4, 2013
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on March 19, 2013 a news article.:
Says carbon monoxide is still employed to euthanize dogs and cats in 29 Texas animal shelters.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2013
Progress Ohio
Progress Ohio
stated on March 26, 2013 a fundraising email:
"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."
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By Tom Feran • April 2, 2013
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