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Mary Olson
Mary Olson
stated on December 8, 2010 in Clackamas County Board of Commissioners hearing
Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and split it up on projects between the county and cities."
Half-True
By Janie Har • December 31, 2010
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on December 16, 2010 a news release.
The tax-cut deal "adds more than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more than the cost of TARP and more than the cost of the Recovery Act" and about the same as health care reform.
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • December 27, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 9, 2010 a CNN interview
The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires."
False
By Stephen Koff • December 15, 2010
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 13, 2010 a Twitter message
Under the compromise tax agreement, "99.7% of American families will not pay 1 nickel in an estate tax."
True
December 14, 2010
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on December 7, 2010 a radio interview
The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax."
Mostly False
December 13, 2010
Mark Brodeur
Mark Brodeur
stated on December 2, 2010 a Providence Journal story
Rhode Island spends less than 10 percent of what the average state spends promoting tourism.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 12, 2010
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on December 2, 2010 a news release.
The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000."  
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • December 11, 2010
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 30, 2010 a Senate floor speech
"Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2010
Jim Zehringer
Jim Zehringer
stated on November 16, 2010 a news conference
"Ohio is losing over 700 family farms a year, some of them just to pay the inheritance tax."
True
By Joe Guillen • December 9, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2010 a press conference
"There are polls showing right now that the American people for the most part think it's a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 10, 2010 a news release
"We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse."
False
By Tom Feran • December 6, 2010
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on November 29, 2010 a news release
"In 2009, Jim Doyle and the Democrats rushed through a budget repair bill with billions in tax increases and held no public hearings."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2010
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Manufacturers
stated on December 2, 2010 a statement
Says the CBO estimates that fully extending the Bush tax cuts would add 600,000-1.4 million jobs in 2011 and 900,000-2.7 million jobs in 2012.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 1, 2010 comments to reporters
"The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes...."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on December 1, 2010 a Twitter message
"Pls refer to Jan.1 tax changes appropriately: they're OBAMA TAX HIKES & they'll slam every American's savings, investments & job opportunity"
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 30, 2010 a news release
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • December 2, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 17, 2010 a speech on the House floor.
"The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 30, 2010
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 3, 2010 a TV interview.
Letting the Bush tax cuts expire would raise taxes on small businesses.
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 26, 2010
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 27, 2010 a speech on the Senate floor.
"The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 21, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 16, 2010 an interview on "Good Morning America."
Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 17, 2010
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