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Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate
Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law.
Mostly False
October 30, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson ran Medicare "into the ground" and "nine years closer to bankruptcy."
False
October 26, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 18, 2012 debate comments
Says when he was governor, "most of the Democrats" voted for his billion-dollar property-tax cuts, but U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin "voted against it."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 26, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 24, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson "personally made over $3 million" from a federal contract granted to his healthcare company, but left  9/11 first responders "without the care they were promised."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 26, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 23, 2012 a television ad
Says "Tammy Baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 26, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on October 1, 2012 a campaign flier
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 8, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin supports a "tax increase that President Obama says" would cost middle-class families $3,000 per year.  
Mostly False
October 24, 2012
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on September 28, 2012 a news release
Says Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill that would require doctors and other health care workers to ask patients, "including young children, whether they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or if they know their gender identity."
Mostly False
October 23, 2012
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 1, 2012 a television ad
"Women who have miscarriages could be investigated by police" under legislation supported by Republican state Senate candidate Rick Gudex.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 22, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 16, 2012 a TV ad
Says Tammy Baldwin "voted to gut Medicare for seniors."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 debate comments
Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2012
Rob Zerban
Rob Zerban
stated on October 4, 2012 a TV ad
Says Paul Ryan’s budget plan "ends Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
October 17, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 5, 2012 a Milwaukee Press Club appearance
Says opponent Tammy Baldwin ‘has had not one positive ad’ in the campaign for U.S. Senate.
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • October 15, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 28, 2012 debate comments
On Iran sanctions
Full Flop
By Dave Umhoefer • October 14, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 27, 2012 an interview
Says Tammy Baldwin supports a law "in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals."
False
October 10, 2012
Dan Sebring
Dan Sebring
stated on October 1, 2012 a radio ad
Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore ‘is Wisconsin’s most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.’
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • October 8, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 28, 2012 debate comments
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson favors raising taxes on small businesses.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 7, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 27, 2012 an interview
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tammy Baldwin supported a federal budget "that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the Obama budget."
False
October 5, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on September 19, 2012 a TV ad
Says the "public option" considered in the health care law backed by U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin was "wildly unpopular."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 1, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 22, 2012 a campaign email
Says 7,000 millionaires "gamed the system to pay no income taxes."
False
September 30, 2012
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