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Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on August 22, 2011 in a meeting:
Rail "doesn’t do a great job in lessening traffic."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 6, 2011
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on August 22, 2011 in a press release:
"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 30, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on August 1, 2011 in a press release:
Tax increases could "come into play" as a result of the debt ceiling deal.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 15, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on August 2, 2011 in a press release:
The deal to raise the federal debt limit created the "largest debt ceiling increase in America’s history."
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By Willoughby Mariano • August 8, 2011
Elaine Boyer
Elaine Boyer
stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview:
"[T]his breed (of pit bulls) is most often associated with aggressive behavior."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 3, 2011
Mike Males
Mike Males
stated on June 13, 2011 in 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."
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By Chris Joyner • July 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 22, 2011 in 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."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 15, 2011 in 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.
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 24, 2011
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on May 18, 2011 in a speech:
"Annual water usage in 2010 was actually down more than 18 percent from usage in 2006."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • June 1, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 20, 2011 in a press conference:
Says the United States is "the Saudi Arabia of coal."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 27, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on May 21, 2011 in 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."
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By Willoughby Mariano • May 24, 2011
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on April 19, 2011 in a speech:
"One of three patients hospitalized (is) harmed by the care they receive."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2011 in an interview:
Says "we have now more Border Patrol officers … than we’ve had at any time in our history."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 29, 2011 in an op-ed:
Says "an average of $4 billion is added to the national debt" every day.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 11, 2011
Sally Bethea
Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 in 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."
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011
Young Americans for Liberty
Young Americans for Liberty
stated on March 24, 2011 in a press release:
"Every taxpayer owes about $130,000 to pay off the national debt."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 29, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 21, 2011 in 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."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 25, 2011
Alan Powell
Alan Powell
stated on November 1, 2010 in an interview:
"Democrats have now become the party of the [Atlanta] metro area and of blacks."
Mostly True
By M.B. Pell • March 14, 2011
Liberal Blogger
Liberal Blogger
stated on February 23, 2011 in a blog post:
Under a proposed Georgia law, "women who miscarry could become felons."  
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 2, 2011
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on February 15, 2011 in a committee hearing:
An illegal immigrant who gains admission at a public college takes class space away from students who are legal residents.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2011
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