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Jim Zehringer
Jim Zehringer
stated on November 16, 2010 a news conference:
"Ohio is losing over 700 family farms a year, some of them just to pay the inheritance tax."
True
By Joe Guillen • December 9, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 6, 2010 a press conference:
Says the military accounts for about 10 percent of Florida's economy.
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 7, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 30, 2010 an MSNBC interview :
"Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It’s not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when you’re working. You get help when you’re not."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on December 4, 2010 the Senate floor:
"The senior senator from Arizona (John McCain) said he couldn't support repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' because of the economy."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 6, 2010
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Manufacturers
stated on December 2, 2010 a statement:
Says the CBO estimates that fully extending the Bush tax cuts would add 600,000-1.4 million jobs in 2011 and 900,000-2.7 million jobs in 2012.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 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
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 22, 2010 his radio broadcast:
"This town (Wilmington, Ohio) hasn’t taken any money from the government. They don’t want any money from the government."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Naymik • December 3, 2010
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 3, 2010 a TV interview.:
Letting the Bush tax cuts expire would raise taxes on small businesses.
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 26, 2010
Virginia Tea Party Patriots
Virginia Tea Party Patriots
stated on November 15, 2010 a letter to Congress.:
Since the Fed was created in 1913, "the U.S. Dollar has lost 98% of its purchasing power." 
Half-True
By Wes Hester • November 24, 2010
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on November 16, 2010 in a news release.:
The health care reform law "reduces the deficit by nearly $1.2 trillion over the next two decades." 
Half-True
By Wes Hester • November 23, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 11, 2010 a news release:
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • November 22, 2010
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 27, 2010 a speech on the Senate floor.:
"The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 21, 2010
Pari Sabety
Pari Sabety
stated on November 4, 2010 a presentation at a conference:
"The (Ohio) economy is on the mend. … It is in better shape than it was when we took office."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • November 19, 2010
Virginia Tea Party Patriots
Virginia Tea Party Patriots
stated on November 15, 2010 a letter to Congress.:
The dollar "has fallen over 44% since Bernanke began pumping money into the system beginning back in 2002."  
Half-True
By Wes Hester • November 19, 2010
Atlanta Sports Council
Atlanta Sports Council
stated on October 1, 2000 a study:
The economic impact of Atlanta's 2000 Super Bowl was $292 million.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • November 19, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 10, 2010 a news conference:
"It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • November 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 on an episode of Fox & Friends:
"Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
"The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2010
Marvin Pratt
Marvin Pratt
stated on November 2, 2010 a TV interview:
Milwaukee’s problems include "52 percent black male unemployment."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 e-mail and blog postings:
The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010
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