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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 14, 2011 video:
Says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act adopted last year contains "a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically, with little or no oversight."  
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • March 31, 2011
Larry Ahern
Larry Ahern
stated on March 25, 2011 a letter to the editor of the "St. Petersburg Times":
"We don't need a separate (prescription drug) database ... Pharmacies already have a database in place."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 29, 2011
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on March 4, 2011 a newsletter:
"Oregon is the only state out of the 50 states in the USA that continues to pay 100% of the medical benefits for its employees and their families."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 28, 2011
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on March 16, 2011 comments before a House subcommittee:
Says his bill, HB 97, would prevent the use of taxpayer dollars on abortions.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 17, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 19, 2011 a telephone news conference:
Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule.
Mostly True
By James Ewinger • March 16, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 4, 2011 a post on his PAC's website:
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
Carol Alvarado
Carol Alvarado
stated on March 2, 2011 remarks on the House floor:
Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 10, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 6, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Secretly, unbeknownst to members of Congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the Obamacare legislation."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 7, 2011 a chain email apparently focused on Wisconsin corrections workers:
State employees will have to pay 100 percent of their pensions and health insurance after 2012.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 8, 2011
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on March 2, 2011 an interview on Fox News:
"Under the clear letter of the law, (Justice Clarence Thomas) must recuse himself" from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • March 7, 2011
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on March 1, 2011 an appearance on Fox News.:
The health care bill has "six years of costs against 10 years of tax revenue."
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • March 7, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on February 16, 2011 a New York Times column:
Texas "ranks third in teen pregnancies... and it is No. 1 in repeat teen pregnancies."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 7, 2011
Kenneth McKay
Kenneth McKay
stated on February 27, 2011 a TV interview:
Says Sheldon Whitehouse said on Senate floor: "Everybody in Rhode Island who disagrees with me about Obamacare is an Aryan, is a white supremacist."
Pants on Fire!
By Peter Lord • March 6, 2011
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on February 27, 2011 a news release:
Says many local governments in Wisconsin already require employees to pay 20 percent, 30 percent or even 40 percent of their health insurance premiums.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 3, 2011
Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
stated on February 27, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
The 2006 Massachusetts health care law has "added (only) about 1 percent to our state budget."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 19, 2011 a news release:
At protests in Wisconsin against proposed collective bargaining changes, "phony sick notes (were) passed out to excuse striking union members."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 21, 2011
Wesley Smith
Wesley Smith
stated on January 31, 2011 an article in the Weekly Standard:
Oregon Health Plan rations "covered procedures under certain circumstances"
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 19, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on February 15, 2011 an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show":
The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2011
Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur
stated on February 9, 2011 MSNBC Live:
Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 14, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 3, 2011 comments during a tour of a manufacturing plant.:
The federal health care law is "probably the biggest tax increase ever in the history of our country."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 14, 2011
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