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Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on October 1, 2010 a news release:
Says James Langevin voted to spend "$3 billion for a jet engine no one wants."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 10, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on October 4, 2010 a TV ad:
"I said no to these big bank bailouts."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 7, 2010
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on September 21, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Since Debbie Halvorson has been in politics, Illinois has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 5, 2010 a newspaper ad:
Says "the Texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nation's as a whole."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 7, 2010
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on October 4, 2010 an interview on WHJJ's Helen Glover Show:
"Rhode Island has a very generous unemployment compensation rate compared to most other states."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 6, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 22, 2010 an election ad:
Says Lee Fisher "wanted a $1.1 billion tax increase which could have driven countless jobs out of state."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV ad.:
"Alex Sink funneled three quarters of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to Bank of America."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2010
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on September 15, 2010 a radio interview:
Says Scott Bruun supports "cutting the Department of Commerce and eliminating NOAA."
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 4, 2010
Tammy Hall
Tammy Hall
stated on September 27, 2010 a campaign mailer:
Jobs incentive program "created over 1,200 high-wage jobs since 2009."
False
By Timothy Engstrom • October 3, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on September 27, 2010 an e-mail:
Texas has "a higher unemployment rate than neighboring states."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 30, 2010
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 1, 2010 a press release:
Says with the ongoing economic downturn, child abuse is on the rise.
Mostly True
By Michelle Cole • September 28, 2010
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on September 17, 2010 a press release.:
"Over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 27, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 14, 2010 an appearance at The Plain Dealer:
On Lee Fisher’s watch, "almost nine out of 10" jobs that Ohio lost were lost to other states, "not to other countries."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 27, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on September 23, 2010 a campaign ad:
Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on September 23, 2010 a blog post:
Says John Boehner "admits 'we are not going to be any different than we’ve been' " by returning to "the same failed economic policies" that "wrecked our economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2010
Chris Dudley
Chris Dudley
stated on September 15, 2010 a speech in Albany:
"Under Gov. Kitzhaber, unemployment rose 65 percent, state spending went up 57 percent and personal incomes declined compared to the rest of the country."
Half-True
By Harry Esteve • September 24, 2010
Tom Ganley
Tom Ganley
stated on August 18, 2010 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
On the success of "Cash for Clunkers"
Full Flop
By Sabrina Eaton • September 24, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2010 a TV ad:
"We've created more than 850,000 jobs, more than all the other states combined."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 23, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 21, 2010 a television ad:
State pension fund staffers "lost billions. Then Sink gave them bonuses."
Mostly False
By Mary Ellen Klas • September 23, 2010
Citizens for the Republic
Citizens for the Republic
stated on September 21, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
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