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Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on February 13, 2012 a town hall-style meeting
"The top 1 percent (of income earners) paid 36.7 percent (of the taxes).  ... The top 50 percent pay 97.7 percent."  
True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 6, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2012 a radio interview
Wisconsin is called the Badger State because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the American dream by mining."
True
March 5, 2012
Heather Fiorentino
Heather Fiorentino
stated on January 6, 2012 a press release
Pasco County schools have graduation rates "substantially higher than the state average" and dropout rates "below the state average."
True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 4, 2012
Laurie Monnes Anderson
Laurie Monnes Anderson
stated on February 24, 2012 a Senate floor speech
"In 2010 about 75 percent of child abuse and neglect reports in Oregon were made by those required to report by law."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • March 2, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 a campaign ad
"Gingrich supported individual health insurance mandates."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 2, 2012
John Axford
John Axford
stated on February 14, 2012 a Tweet
All travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the U.S. by air must have a passport.
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By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 a speech
Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."
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By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 29, 2012 a speech
Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.
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By Eric Stirgus • March 2, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on February 17, 2012 a press statement.
Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 23, 2012 a television ad
Says Mitt Romney said he does not "line up with the NRA."
True
By Molly Moorhead • February 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 23, 2012 Feb. 23, 2012, in a campaign ad
Says "Rick Santorum supported (Arlen) Specter over conservative candidates twice."
True
By Becky Bowers • February 29, 2012
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
stated on February 15, 2012 a radio interview
Says "half the Americans don't pay any income taxes."
True
By Bill Wichert • February 29, 2012
Denise Grimsley
Denise Grimsley
stated on January 31, 2012 a statement
"Florida ranks 45th" in the nation for tuition.
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By Joshua Gillin • February 27, 2012
Carol Hunstein
Carol Hunstein
stated on January 25, 2012 a speech
"Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has grown."
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 27, 2012
Alissa Keny-Guyer
Alissa Keny-Guyer
stated on February 21, 2012 a floor speech.
Says "in Oregon only 41 percent of adults have ever been tested" for HIV.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • February 24, 2012
Maria Sachs
Maria Sachs
stated on January 17, 2012 a press conference
Florida is "the largest dog-racing state in the country."
True
By Katie Sanders • February 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
"Over 40 percent of children born in America are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Alan Bates
Alan Bates
stated on February 14, 2012 a floor speech.
Says "80 percent of the health care dollars are spent by 20 percent of the population."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 23, 2012
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 3, 2012 a press release
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz "opposes the DREAM Act, which is supported by 85% of Latinos."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 21, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on February 8, 2012 an email
"'Wrong precinct' rules exacerbate our provisional ballot problems (and) HB 194 does nothing to solve the wrong-precinct problem."
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By Tom Feran • February 20, 2012
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