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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Billboard
Billboard
stated on July 23, 2012 a billboard
The price of gasoline was at $1.85 a gallon when President Barack Obama took office and has since nearly doubled because of his policies
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • August 24, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 15, 2012 a television ad
Says U.S. Senate hopeful Tammy Baldwin voted for a $1 trillion stimulus bill that included a wasteful "$800,000 to replace light bulbs."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 23, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 30, 2012 a TV ad
"I led the fight to require the Coast Guard to buy their engines from us, not foreign companies."
Mostly False
August 22, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 12, 2012 a television interview
Says under Wisconsin law, he cannot remove his name from the ballot for re-election to Congress.
True
By James B. Nelson • August 20, 2012
Marty Beil
Marty Beil
stated on July 19, 2012 an interview
Says Gov. Scott Walker "raises the pay of inmates, but we don't raise the pay of staff in our correctional institutions."
Mostly False
August 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 a tweet
Says "Paul Ryan supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 17, 2012
Eva Longoria Baston
Eva Longoria Baston
stated on August 11, 2012 a tweet
Says Paul Ryan "wants to cut Pell Grant scholarships for nearly 10 million students."
Half-True
August 16, 2012
stated on July 26, 2012 a radio ad
Says Tommy Thompson favors Obama's health care mandate, was publicly thanked by Obama for health reform support and that Thompson "says we can't repeal 'Obamacare.'"
False
August 10, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on July 22, 2012 an interview
 "I have voted every year in Wisconsin."
False
August 10, 2012
stated on August 12, 2012 a radio appearance
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson is "a big corporate lobbyist" and has been "lobbying during the middle of the campaign."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 10, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on August 3, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate rival Eric Hovde "refused to pay his property taxes until he was taken to court."
Mostly True
August 10, 2012
stated on July 29, 2012 a television interview
President Obama and Nancy Pelosi said "Obamacare" would save money because "they factored in 10 years worth of tax revenue and only six and half years worth of expenses."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • August 8, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on August 8, 2012 campaign website statements
Says he never voted for a "tax increase."
False
August 8, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on July 26, 2012 a news release
"In her nearly decade and (a) half in Congress, Tammy Baldwin has sponsored 105 bills. Only three have been enacted into law."
Mostly True
August 6, 2012
stated on July 13, 2012 a television ad
As a congressman, Mark Neumann "voted four times to increase our debt."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on July 17, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate opponent Eric Hovde "supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail"  and "billions more to bail out banks."
Half-True
August 3, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 13, 2012 a television ad
Says U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has ‘no problem with raising taxes.’  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 1, 2012
We Are Milwaukee
We Are Milwaukee
stated on July 30, 2012 a campaign flyer
Says "millions of dollars in tax breaks" were paid for "by busting unions, cutting BadgerCare, and raising taxes on the poor and the middle class, thanks to Elizabeth Coggs' help."
Pants on Fire!
July 31, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on June 4, 2012 a speech
"Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 30, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 an op-ed piece
A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012
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