Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Michael Sullivan
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet

"From the ‘Do As I Say Not As I Do’ department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014

Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 a debate over immigration issues with state Sen. Dan Patrick

Up "to 45 percent" of illegal immigrants "are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. They are visa overstayers."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2014 a press release

"David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014

Linda Koop
stated on February 25, 2014 a campaign mail flier

Says Stefani Carter "repeatedly used her campaign contributors’ donations to rent margarita machines for our state house office."

By Sue Owen • March 21, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 a tweet

Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014

Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV ad

Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014

Maxey Scherr
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview

"We have more women living in poverty in this state than almost anywhere else."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014

Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 a radio interview

Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."

By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014

Andy Brown
stated on February 17, 2014 a mailer to voters

"Travis County now has the highest urban county tax rate in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 26, 2014

Hugh Fitzsimons
stated on January 19, 2014 a blog post on campaign website

Female buffalo lead the herd.

By Sue Owen • February 11, 2014

Cecile Richards
stated on December 6, 2013 an interview with Texas Monthly

The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on December 12, 2013 as quoted during a school visit

Says 85 percent of IDEA charter-school students come from low-income families and about 99 percent of its graduates go to college.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2014

Todd Staples
stated on January 27, 2014 the Texas Debate hosted by KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas

David Dewhurst is "the first lieutenant governor in history to have a personal security detail."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on January 28, 2014 a speech

"I never gave up custody of my children. I never lost custody of my children."

By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2014

Wayne Thorburn
stated on January 8, 2014 an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman

Nearly 90% of Travis County government races will be settled by the time of the Democratic primary.

By Sue Owen • January 30, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum

Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."

By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014

Texans for Reliable Power
stated on January 9, 2014 an advertisement

"Texas is experiencing the fastest population growth in the country," adding "more than 1,000 people a day."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2014

U.S. Census Bureau
stated on January 7, 2014 a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole

Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 a tweet

In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.

By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014

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