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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 16, 2012 a column in Politico:
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
True
By Tom Feran • April 23, 2012
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
stated on April 2, 2012:
"[O]ver 200,000 ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to identify projects they preferred."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2012 a speech at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. :
"98 percent of American families" make "under $250,000 a year."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to the Newspaper Association of America:
"Republicans in Congress refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 5, 2012
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview:
The changes to Georgia’s tax and fee structure "is an overall tax cut."
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 26, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on February 23, 2012 an op-ed:
Says he "cut taxes by more than $600 million" when he was governor.
True
By Nancy Madsen • March 9, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on February 13, 2012 a town hall-style meeting:
"The top 1 percent (of income earners) paid 36.7 percent (of the taxes).  ... The top 50 percent pay 97.7 percent."  
True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 6, 2012
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
stated on February 15, 2012 a radio interview:
Says "half the Americans don't pay any income taxes."
True
By Bill Wichert • February 29, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on February 3, 2012 an op-ed piece:
As Dane County executive, Kathleen Falk raised property taxes by "millions of dollars every year" and approved the second highest increase in the state in 2010.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 12, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on November 15, 2011 introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes.:
"Tennessee’s grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation."
True
By Richard Locker • January 24, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on January 17, 2012 a press release:
"Under this tax cut, middle-class families don't save enough for a week's worth of groceries, while millionaires save enough to go on an exotic vacation."
True
By Erin O'Neill • January 22, 2012
Declan O'Scanlon
Declan O'Scanlon
stated on December 16, 2011 an opinion piece in the Star-Ledger:
"Taxpayers earning $1 million pay an effective tax rate that is about four times what taxpayers earning $100,000 pay."
True
By Bill Wichert • January 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 30, 2011 a speech in Scranton, Pa.:
For "the average middle-class family, your taxes today are lower than when I took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a campaign advertisement:
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on a taxpayer protection pledge.
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on October 31, 2011 a TV interview.:
The U.S. would gain revenue by cutting personal income tax rates in half and ending tax breaks.
True
By Warren Fiske • November 25, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 14, 2011 a statement on his website:
Says "51 percent of federal tax filers paid zero federal income tax."
True
By Charles Pope • November 17, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 25, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 7, 2011
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 4, 2011 remarks:
Under a law proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, businesses that move into Wisconsin "don't have to pay any taxes" on their income for two years.
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2011 a speech. :
Says his proposed payroll tax cut "will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing."
True
By Warren Fiske • October 21, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"When we got the income tax in 1913, the top rate was 7 percent. By 1980, the top rate was 70 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
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