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Latest Fact-Checks By Willoughby Mariano

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 20, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
Georgia is "one of only about seven states in the country" that has a AAA bond rating.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 9, 2011
Jim Durrett
Jim Durrett
stated on April 28, 2011 a radio interview
According to crime statistics, "riding MARTA has been becoming more and more safe over the years."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 6, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 28, 2011 a letter to a constituent
Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health care overhaul.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 4, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech
"Over the last 10 years, Georgia's public health has declined."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 25, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 12, 2011 a speech before Congress
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his advisers to study socialism with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin so the president could replicate it in the United States.
False
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 19, 2011
George Turner
George Turner
stated on April 4, 2011 a newspaper article
"If you go strictly by the numbers, crime is down across the board. Last year we had a 10 percent decrease in the most serious crimes."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 18, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 1, 2011 a speech before Congress
Says the federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 11, 2011 a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 12, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on March 15, 2011 a talk at a conservative think tank
Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • April 8, 2011
Sally Bethea
Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 15, 2011 a YouTube.com video
"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 1, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 21, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The HOPE scholarship "has helped turn our University System into one of the best in the Southeast, with two institutions ranked in the top 20 of public universities in the country."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 25, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on March 9, 2011 an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 22, 2011
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on January 17, 2011 a newsletter to constituents
Building and running the Atlanta Streetcar is projected to create 1,399 jobs.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 16, 2011
Loren Collins
Loren Collins
stated on March 4, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill before the Georgia General Assembly would make presidential candidates meet citizenship requirements that are not in the U.S. Constitution. 
True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2011
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials
stated on March 2, 2011 an email newsletter
Georgia legislation on immigration is a "copycat" of an Arizona immigration bill.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 7, 2011
Liberal Blogger
Liberal Blogger
stated on February 23, 2011 a blog post
Under a proposed Georgia law, "women who miscarry could become felons."  
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 2, 2011
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on February 15, 2011 a committee hearing
An illegal immigrant who gains admission at a public college takes class space away from students who are legal residents.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2011
David Raynor
David Raynor
stated on February 8, 2011 a state legislative committee meeting
A federal system that verifies employees are authorized to work in the U.S. is inaccurate "anywhere from 50 percent all the way up to in excess of 80" percent of the time.  
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 23, 2011
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on January 31, 2011 a press release
A proposed immigration bill will "bankrupt Georgia" if passed.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 16, 2011
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