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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour:
"The average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. The average private employee makes $60,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2010
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 7, 2010 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 9, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 3, 2010 a CNN interview:
"The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day."
False
By Robert Farley • November 4, 2010
Robert Dold
Robert Dold
stated on October 26, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Dan Seals has been running for office "since before there were, like, iPods."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on October 24, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"When President, then candidate, Obama was asked to disclose some of his donors because there was suspicion of their being the foreign source of money into his campaign, they refused to do it."
False
By Robert Farley • October 26, 2010
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on October 5, 2010 a campaign ad:
The new health care law crushes small businesses "with billions in penalties."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 18, 2010
Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List
stated on September 30, 2010 a TV ad:
Sen. Barbara Boxer "voted against immigration reform to permit (Hispanic immigrants) people to come here legally to work."
False
By Robert Farley • October 8, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 3, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chad Causey "was a Washington, D.C. bureaucrat."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
stated on October 3, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
In most Muslim countries, "We can't have a church. We're not able to build synagogues. It's forbidden."
False
By Robert Farley • October 6, 2010
Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign video:
Says Rand Paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.
False
By Robert Farley • September 27, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.
False
By Robert Farley • September 23, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani "was never sentenced to stoning."
False
By Robert Farley • September 22, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 a town hall meeting:
The Bush administration had been "giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 22, 2010
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on September 14, 2010 an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live":
"Do you know that we have pipes carrying natural gas in this country that are made of wood? I'm not joking."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign commerical:
Harry Reid has voted "to give special tax breaks to illegal aliens."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2010
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on September 12, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people."
False
By Robert Farley • September 13, 2010
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
stated on August 10, 2010 a page on her campaign website:
"The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014," including "each individual’s Body Mass Index."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2010
Al Hunt
Al Hunt
stated on August 22, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
"This is not a mosque. It's a cultural center that has a prayer area."  
False
By Robert Farley • August 23, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on August 5, 2010 a TV ad against John McCain:
McCain opposed the border fence.
False
By Lukas Pleva • August 11, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 8, 2010 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"There's still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don't we stop it."
False
By Robert Farley • August 10, 2010
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