Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Chip Rogers
stated on August 22, 2011 a meeting

Rail "doesn’t do a great job in lessening traffic."

By Willoughby Mariano • September 6, 2011

Edward Lindsey
stated on August 22, 2011 a press release

"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."

By Eric Stirgus • August 30, 2011

Phil Gingrey
stated on August 1, 2011 a press release

Tax increases could "come into play" as a result of the debt ceiling deal.

By Willoughby Mariano • August 15, 2011

Saxby Chambliss
stated on August 2, 2011 a press release

The deal to raise the federal debt limit created the "largest debt ceiling increase in America’s history."

By Willoughby Mariano • August 8, 2011

Elaine Boyer
stated on July 20, 2011 an interview

"[T]his breed (of pit bulls) is most often associated with aggressive behavior."

By Eric Stirgus • August 3, 2011

Mike Males
stated on June 13, 2011 an article

"There’s pretty much no question that [the curfew ordinances] aren’t effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people."

By Chris Joyner • July 22, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on June 22, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club

"On the day of the New Hampshire primary in 1980, the top 13 people of Ronald Reagan’s staff quit."

By Willoughby Mariano • June 29, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM

Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year.

By Willoughby Mariano • June 24, 2011

Charlotte Nash
stated on May 18, 2011 a speech

"Annual water usage in 2010 was actually down more than 18 percent from usage in 2006."

By Eric Stirgus • June 1, 2011

Eric Cantor
stated on May 20, 2011 a press conference

Says the United States is "the Saudi Arabia of coal."

By Eric Stirgus • May 27, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on May 21, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential run

The U.S. has "47 million people on food stamps. That’s 14 million more than when the current occupant of the White House took over."

By Willoughby Mariano • May 24, 2011

Kathleen Sebelius
stated on April 19, 2011 a speech

"One of three patients hospitalized (is) harmed by the care they receive."

By Eric Stirgus • May 3, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2011 an interview

Says "we have now more Border Patrol officers … than we’ve had at any time in our history."

By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2011

Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 29, 2011 an op-ed

Says "an average of $4 billion is added to the national debt" every day.

By Eric Stirgus • April 11, 2011

Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."

By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011

Young Americans for Liberty
stated on March 24, 2011 a press release

"Every taxpayer owes about $130,000 to pay off the national debt."

By Eric Stirgus • March 29, 2011

Nathan Deal
stated on March 21, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The HOPE scholarship "has helped turn our University System into one of the best in the Southeast, with two institutions ranked in the top 20 of public universities in the country."

By Willoughby Mariano • March 25, 2011

Alan Powell
stated on November 1, 2010 an interview

"Democrats have now become the party of the [Atlanta] metro area and of blacks."

By M.B. Pell • March 14, 2011

Liberal Blogger
stated on February 23, 2011 a blog post

Under a proposed Georgia law, "women who miscarry could become felons."

By Willoughby Mariano • March 2, 2011

Don Balfour
stated on February 15, 2011 a committee hearing

An illegal immigrant who gains admission at a public college takes class space away from students who are legal residents.

By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2011

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