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Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 in a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on March 17, 2015 in a written statement.:

Repealing Obamacare saves "our nation more than $2 trillion."

False

By Warren Fiske • April 13, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on April 7, 2015 in a speech announcing his presidential campaign:

"Debt doubled" under Bush "and now it’s tripling under Barack Obama’s watch."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • April 9, 2015

Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 in a speech in Concord, N.H.:

"If you took every penny of the 1 percent, including their dog, you wouldn't even begin to balance the budget."

Mostly False

By Clay Wirestone • March 27, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 3, 2015 in his budget speech:

Borrowing in my 2015-’17 state budget is less than half that in my predecessor’s last budget and "the lowest it has been in a decade."

Mostly True

By Dave Umhoefer • February 10, 2015

Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2014 in an interview:

Two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2014

Reince Priebus
stated on December 2, 2014 in a speech:

Says Barack Obama has "the worst record of any president when it comes to putting America deeper in debt."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014

Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 27, 2014 in a TV ad:

"Scott Walker opposed a plan to help Wisconsin students refinance their student loans."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 in a television commercial:

Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 in an interview on WLNE's "On the Record":

"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014

American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV commercial:

"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014

Allan Fung
stated on September 29, 2014 in a TV commercial:

In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 12, 2014

Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 in a Providence Journal-WPRI debate:

"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":

"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 in a debate:

"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014

Freedom Partners
stated on August 6, 2014 in a television ad:

Sen. Jeff Merkley "voted six times for more debt."

False

By Dana Tims • August 15, 2014

Cormick Lynch
stated on August 3, 2014 in a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers:

The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2014

Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 in Senate floor speeches and during a news conference:

The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on May 29, 2014 in a speech.:

"Right now, America has $1.1 trillion of student debt. That’s more than credit card debt."

True

By Nancy Madsen • June 10, 2014

Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 8, 2014 in an interview:

"This generation, on average, is starting their careers, if they’ve been to a four-year college, with just under $30,000 in debt."

Half-True

By Devon Waugh • June 4, 2014

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