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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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Waco Tea Party
Waco Tea Party
stated on May 25, 2011 an e-mail blast
Says the federal government threatened to impose a no-fly zone in Texas if state legislators bar airport security officials from performing pat-downs.
Half-True
June 8, 2011
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on May 30, 2011 a tweet
Says this month’s special session will cost the state $27,300 a day just for legislators’ daily living expenses.
True
June 6, 2011
Don Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman
stated on May 31, 2011 a press release.
"Every time you buy an airline ticket, the federal government runs a background check on you."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2011
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 26, 2011 a tweet.
Says public education will get more money in 2012-13 though lawmakers cut $15 billion in overall spending.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on May 29, 2011 a filibuster.
Says "for the first time ever," Texas lawmakers are not funding student population growth.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2011
Texas House Democratic Caucus
Texas House Democratic Caucus
stated on May 18, 2011 a press release
"Some neighborhood schools are closing."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 2, 2011
Rob Eissler
Rob Eissler
stated on May 23, 2011 remarks on the House floor
"Obesity kills 34 children per hour."
Pants on Fire!
May 31, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 a press gaggle
Says the Obama Administration has fulfilled all of Texas’ requests for fire management assisting grants.
Mostly True
May 30, 2011
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 12, 2011 a Texas Tribune interview
Says the Obama administration approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma in 2009, when nine of the state’s 77 counties burned for "about three days," while Texas wildfires have been burning for longer without such a declaration.
Mostly True
May 30, 2011
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Texas Public Policy Foundation
stated on April 25, 2011 a television ad that ran through May 20
Says that in the last five years, Texas "created more jobs than all other states combined."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 29, 2011
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 18, 2011 his radio program.
Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2011
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on May 20, 2011 a press release.
Says state budget deal between Texas House and Senate leaders "funds nursing homes, our public schools and universities and provides financial aid for college students."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 27, 2011
Randi Shade
Randi Shade
stated on May 19, 2011 a statement.
Says that several times in the last 15 years, Austin City Council candidates have won seats after trailing by more than 4,000 votes in the election prompting the runoff.  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2011
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2011 a radio interview.
Says Gov. Rick Perry has been "begging" for the federal government to send the Coast Guard to patrol two lakes on the U.S.-Mexico border.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2011
Randi Shade
Randi Shade
stated on May 17, 2011 a press release.
"The turnout on May 14th was just 7 percent -- the lowest turnout in decades."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2011
Michael Williams
Michael Williams
stated on April 26, 2011 a tweet.
"Gas prices have gone up $2 since Obama took office."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 22, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on May 5, 2011 a presidential debate
"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2011
Rodney Ellis
Rodney Ellis
stated on May 16, 2011 Texas Senate floor debate.
Says state lawmakers have voted to "spend virtually all of the Rainy Day Fund four times" since the fund’s creation.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2011
John Whitmire
John Whitmire
stated on May 3, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."
Mostly True
May 16, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on April 5, 2011 comments to reporters on Texas Senate floor
Says businesses "already pay most of the taxes."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 15, 2011
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