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Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions
stated on December 15, 2013 an oped column
Federal law for Obamacare navigators "does not bar — or even require screening for — convicted felons, including individuals convicted of identity theft or fraud."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 20, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 3, 2013 a post on her campaign website
Greg Abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2013
Sam Houston
Sam Houston
stated on December 13, 2013 a campaign web page
Says he would have "almost twice the actual experience practicing law" Greg Abbott did on becoming attorney general of Texas.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 16, 2013
Senate Conservatives Fund
Senate Conservatives Fund
stated on December 9, 2013 as quoted by Politico
"John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks and fund Obamacare."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 12, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on October 24, 2013 an email to a constituent
Obamacare medical device tax "has led to the loss of thousands of jobs" in U.S.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 7, 2013 a donation web page
Wendy Davis is "fighting to bring ... Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Sid Covington
Sid Covington
stated on October 28, 2013 an opinion column by Sid Covington, the district's chairman of the board
A planning group said that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, Interstate 35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2013
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 11, 2013 an interview as quoted in a news story
The federal government "has $3 trillion in cash flow, so we can pay our bills" and won’t default.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2013
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on October 29, 2013 an interview on a Lubbock radio station
Says David Dewhurst "went out for drinks" during Senate debate on abortion bill.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 7, 2013
Anita Perry
Anita Perry
stated on September 28, 2013 an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival
Only "four countries in the world… allow abortions after 20 weeks" of pregnancy.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2013
Barry Smitherman
Barry Smitherman
stated on August 26, 2013 prepared remarks for speech to Texas Alliance for Life
According to an article in the Economist magazine, Americans are "guaranteed" to live above the poverty line if they graduate from high school, keep their first job for over a year and get and stay married.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2013
John Currie
John Currie
stated on September 9, 2013 a guest blog post
Unemployment in Texas has risen over two percentage points with Rick Perry as governor.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2013
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on August 29, 2013 a published commentary
Pending a federal waiver, the 2013 Legislature "eliminated the overtesting of students in grades 3-8 by decreasing the number of tests from 17 to 8."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2013
Steve Munisteri
Steve Munisteri
stated on August 19, 2013 an interview on Austin's YNN
There "are 500 registered Republicans moving" to Texas "every day."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 21, 2013 a radio ad
"Every year, more than $40 million are leaving Missouri for the Lone Star State."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 15, 2013 an opinion article
Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 15, 2013
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on August 2, 2013 a press release
Says "the acting chief of the IRS said he – and the majority of IRS employees – would rather stay with his current" health "plan than switch to Obamacare."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 9, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 14, 2013 an opinion article
Says residents of Texas and San Antonio can be fired or denied jobs because they are gay.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • July 26, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2013 a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.
"Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 a speech at National Right to Life convention, Grapevine, Texas.
Says Wendy Davis, "born into difficult circumstances," was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 28, 2013
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