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Jimmy Barrett
Jimmy Barrett
stated on December 6, 2012 an interview.:
Says Virginia is the biggest state that does not have a major league sports team.    
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By Nancy Madsen • December 26, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on December 6, 2012 a news conference.:
Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 20, 2012
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 19, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor.:
Says the Senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 19, 2012
Dan Saltzman
Dan Saltzman
stated on November 11, 2012 a television news interview :
Says the Portland Children’s Levy holds its "administrative expenses to less than 5 percent."
True
By Janie Har • December 19, 2012
Texas secession petition
Texas secession petition
stated on November 9, 2012 the White House's "We the People" petition web site:
Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.
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By Sue Owen • December 18, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on December 8, 2012 a weekly newsletter:
"This week the House of Representatives voted to remove the word ‘lunatic’ from federal law."
True
By Amy Sherman • December 17, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 21, 2012 a letter.:
Says budget savings by reducing pay and benefits for federal employees total $103 billion over 10 years -- more than $50,000 per worker.
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By Nancy Madsen • December 17, 2012
ACLU Foundation of Georgia
ACLU Foundation of Georgia
stated on December 7, 2012 a press release:
"In the last 15 years, we've witnessed a dramatic expansion in the jailing of immigrants, from about 70,000 people detained annually to about 400,000."
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By Eric Stirgus • December 17, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 27, 2012 a speech on the House floor:
"Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
True
By Tom Feran • December 14, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau:
Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."
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By Tom Feran • December 12, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on November 13, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey."
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By Caryn Shinske • December 9, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on December 1, 2012 a newspaper interview:
"The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
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By John Hill • December 9, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 14, 2012 a news conference:
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
True
By Joe Guillen • December 7, 2012
Anne Goodman
Anne Goodman
stated on December 3, 2012 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Says food stamp growth, while high, lagged the rise in unemployment.
True
By Stephen Koff • December 6, 2012
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on December 3, 2012 a speech.:
Says that in 2011, Oregon had "the second fastest growing economy in the nation."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • December 5, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 27, 2012 an interview:
Says he has never voted for raising taxes.
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 16, 2012 an email to supporters:
"Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
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By Tom Feran • November 30, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 18, 2012 a newspaper column:
"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  
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By John Hill • November 30, 2012
Raymond Bateman
Raymond Bateman
stated on November 23, 2012 a column:
Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history."
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By Erin O'Neill • November 29, 2012
Jobs Ohio
Jobs Ohio
stated on November 17, 2012 a television ad:
"In the past year alone, Ohio businesses have created more jobs than almost every other state in the country."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 29, 2012
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