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Donna Seidel
Donna Seidel
stated on November 7, 2011 a press release
A Republican-led softening of firearms training rules means that "untrained individuals" would be allowed to carry guns with a state permit.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 21, 2011
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on November 16, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 21, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech
"The American healthcare system burns 18 percent of our national GDP. Nobody else is close."
True
By Lynn Arditi • November 20, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 20, 2011 speaking at New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University
"The median income of a middle class family went down $2,100 from 2001 to 2007."
True
By Maryalice Gill • November 18, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 14, 2011 a statement on his website
Says "51 percent of federal tax filers paid zero federal income tax."
True
By Charles Pope • November 17, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.
"Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 8, 2011 a meeting
Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 14, 2011
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 4, 2011 a TV interview.
"Ronald Reagan raised the national debt 18 times."
True
By Sean Gorman • November 12, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 4, 2011 a news release
Ilana Shafran Mandel’s stake in Forest City Enterprises "constitutes significantly less than 1 percent" of the company’s shares and any implication of a conflict of interest "is legally incorrect."
True
By Stephen Koff • November 10, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on November 4, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 1, 2011 a congressional hearing
"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
True
By Tom Feran • November 8, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 19, 2011 a press release
"The average homeowner spends more than $2,000 each year on energy costs – more than on either real estate taxes or homeowners insurance."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 7, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 25, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 7, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 26, 2011 a radio interview
Says "over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the Legislature, with the exception of Jim McGreevey in 2003."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 6, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on abortion rights.
True
By Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 5, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on November 1, 2011 a press release
Says if elected, he would be the first Mayor who lives east of 82nd.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 4, 2011
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 4, 2011 remarks
Under a law proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, businesses that move into Wisconsin "don't have to pay any taxes" on their income for two years.
True
November 3, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 28, 2011 a web advertisement
Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on abortion.
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on October 24, 2011 an opinion column
"The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 1, 2011
Kate Brown
Kate Brown
stated on October 15, 2011 a speech at the Oregon Summit.
Says for every dollar the state spent on audits last year, it delivered $64 in cost savings.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 29, 2011
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