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Kathie Glass
Kathie Glass
stated on October 19, 2010 a debate.
Says over 25 percent of the Texas budget funds services to non-U.S. citizens.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • November 12, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 31, 2010 a message via the Internet
"Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 12, 2010
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour
"The average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. The average private employee makes $60,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 7, 2010 a prepared speech
Grocery prices "have risen significantly over the past year or so."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2010
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 24, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
When Obama took office "the economy of the United States was actually shrinking for the first time in about 70 years."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 5, 2010
Chris Gregoire
Chris Gregoire
stated on November 21, 2010 a statement in a Seattle Times article
Says Washington state has "consistently ranked in the top five in the Forbes list of best states to do business — ahead of Texas."
Half-True
November 5, 2010
Mike Prendergast
Mike Prendergast
stated on October 29, 2010 a campaign mailer
"Congresswoman Kathy Castor voted to spend $2.6 million to teach prostitutes in China to drink responsibly."
Pants on Fire!
November 1, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 14, 2010 a campaign video
"(John) Kasich was the architect who balanced the budget, cut spending, created a surplus, igniting record job creation."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 31, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2010 his weekly address
"The Republican leader of the Senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one."
Half-True
October 30, 2010
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on October 28, 2010 a campaign commercial
She "led the fight to stop health insurance rate hikes and saved Rhode Island families over $150 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on October 25, 2010 a campaign commerical
"North Dakota's economy is reeling."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 15, 2010 an interview
"Of those 850,000 (new Texas) jobs, most were public-sector jobs and minimum-wage jobs."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
Stabilizing the recent financial crisis "will cost less than 1 percent of GDP," which is less than the 2.5 percent to fix the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
"Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect."
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • October 28, 2010
Jeff Brandes
Jeff Brandes
stated on September 26, 2010 a campaign video
Company may close, "all because government essentially says if they don't hire a lifeguard to watch their workers, they can't stay open."
Half-True
By David DeCamp • October 28, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on October 13, 2010 a campaign video
"Congressman Kasich wants to use our tax dollars to give secret bonuses to his corporate friends."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • October 28, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on October 19, 2010 an ad
Says Lloyd Doggett voted for the health care, stimulus and cap-and-trade bills.
True
October 26, 2010
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on October 18, 2010 a debate
Since Rep. John Boccieri’s election, "Ohio has lost 600,000 jobs" and his district’s "unemployment has doubled."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 21, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann"
"More private-sector jobs were created in the first eight months of 2010 than in the eight years of the Bush administration."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2010
Tom Perriello
Tom Perriello
stated on August 18, 2010 a TV ad
Says Robert Hurt "supports the tax loopholes that send American jobs overseas."
False
By Michael Martz • October 25, 2010
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