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Latest Fact-Checks In Texas

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John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on December 1, 2010 an op-ed:
"All but one of the 50 states already have some form of a balanced budget amendment in their state constitutions."
Half-True
December 25, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on December 13, 2010 a press release.:
Says Texas Republican leaders "have proposed laying off thousands of teachers."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 24, 2010
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on December 15, 2010 a U.S. House floor speech.:
Says that "all those who do not answer directly to the president, they've said (repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell) is a terrible idea."
False
December 23, 2010
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on December 9, 2010 his book "Decision Points.":
"Sen. Joe Biden, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, recommended partitioning Iraq into three separate entities."
Half-True
December 22, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on November 22, 2010 an op-ed piece.:
Says that "on average, Democratic congressional districts received 81 percent more stimulus funds than Republican districts."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 21, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on November 30, 2010 an op-ed:
Once people become citizens under the DREAM Act "and turn 21, they can sponsor their illegal immigrant parents for legalization."
Mostly True
December 20, 2010
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on November 9, 2010 his book, "Decision Points.":
Says that in his first 17 months as president, the United States doubled its world-leading $500 million a year commitment to fighting global AIDS.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2010
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on December 6, 2010 a TV interview.:
Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 15, 2010
Donna Garner
Donna Garner
stated on December 9, 2010 a newsletter:
Says Joe Straus "was co-author of a bill that would have allowed Planned Parenthood to control public school sex education."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 3, 2010 an interview:
Says federal health care overhaul will cost Texas state government "upwards of $30 billion over the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 12, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 11, 2010 an interview.:
You "can't check out a library book without a photo ID."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2010
Organizing for America
Organizing for America
stated on December 6, 2010 a press release.:
"An overwhelming majority of Americans support passage of the DREAM Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented youth willing to work for a college degree or serve in our armed forces."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2010
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on December 2, 2010 an opinion piece:
Under the DREAM Act, after two years of higher education or military service "you are eligible for citizenship. Once a citizen, this paves the way to bring the rest of (your) extended family to the United States."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 8, 2010
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 12, 2010 a KLRU interview:
"Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 5, 2010
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on November 15, 2010 a speech.:
Says more than $3.5 billion in state revenue that is supposed to be dedicated to basic needs and functions is being diverted to "make the books look balanced."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on November 11, 2010 a Web post.:
In "the fall of 2009, only 21 percent of Texas high school graduates enrolled in a four-year public university."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 3, 2010
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on August 19, 2010 a speech.:
"Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2010
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on November 12, 2010 an e-mail:
Says the Texas House has "a record number of new members joining our ranks."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 27, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on November 16, 2010 a statement:
On an earmark moratorium.
Full Flop
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 26, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on August 31, 2010 an interview.:
"More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 25, 2010
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