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Latest Fact-Checks By Sean Gorman

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Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on January 15, 2013 in a news conference.:
Except for Virginia, "the other 49 states keep raising their gas tax."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • February 11, 2013
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2013 in a news conference.:
Says his plan to raise car registration to $56 would still leave Virginia with a fee that’s "equal to or lower than most states."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • February 1, 2013
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on December 6, 2012 in a news conference.:
 "The average kid comes out of Virginia colleges with about $25,000-plus in debt."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • December 24, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on December 6, 2012 in a news conference.:
Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 20, 2012
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 23, 2012 in a statement.:
"The Agriculture Department estimates that roughly 42 percent of the corn crop will be used to make ethanol -- more than the amount of corn used to feed livestock and poultry in the United States."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • December 10, 2012
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell
stated on October 1, 2012 in a debate.:
Eric Cantor "took $5 million from Sheldon Adelson," a Las Vegas casino owner.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • October 8, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on October 1, 2012 in a debate.:
On sequestration
Full Flop
By Sean Gorman • October 8, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 12, 2012 in a news release.:
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 1, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on September 10, 2012 in a website post.:
"Tim Kaine doubled down in his support of devastating defense cuts, saying the ‘the deal was the right thing to do.’"
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 20, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on July 21, 2012 in a debate.:
The state government workforce grew when Tim Kaine was governor.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • August 27, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on August 6, 2012 in an op-ed.:
The Obama administration is "unwinding our nation’s welfare-to-work requirements."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 13, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on July 21, 2012 in a debate.:
Tim Kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning "as little as $17,000."
True
By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2012 in a debate.:
Says former Sen. George Allen voted four times to raise his own pay.
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • July 30, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on June 29, 2012 in a TV interview.:
States still face a "mandate" to expand Medicaid coverage under President Obama's health care reform law.
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • July 6, 2012
Majority PAC
Majority PAC
stated on June 17, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Tim Kaine "made Virginia the best state for business four years in a row."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 2, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 16, 2012 in a speech.:
President Obama's health care law is "a government takeover of healthcare."  
False
By Sean Gorman • July 1, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on June 13, 2012 in a TV ad.:
"As Virginia lost over 65,000 jobs, (Tim) Kaine put partisan ambitions first" by serving as DNC chairman during the last year of his governorship.
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • June 22, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on May 25, 2012 in a debate.:
"Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition."
True
By Sean Gorman • June 18, 2012
Bob Marshall
Bob Marshall
stated on May 24, 2012 in an interview.:
Homosexual behavior "cuts your life by about 20 years."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 7, 2012
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on May 14, 2012 in an interview.:
President Obama budget request for veterans is "more than double the amount in constant dollars appropriated in 1980, when the veterans population was larger by a third."
True
By Sean Gorman • June 4, 2012
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