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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 20, 2011 an interview on CNN:
Says that U.S. Rep. Allen West is "a constituent of mine."
True
By Katie Sanders • July 21, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on July 20, 2011 a Fox News interview:
Florida Democrats "put my Social Security number and my wife's Employment Identification Number in a mail piece."
True
By Katie Sanders • July 21, 2011
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
stated on July 13, 2011 a blog posting:
Republican redistricting plans cut Democrat Nancy Nusbaum out of  "her state Senate district by a half a block."
True
By James B. Nelson • July 21, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 a public hearing about redistricting:
"I did not vote to spend money to fight that (Amendment 6 redistricting) lawsuit." 
True
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 5, 2011 a radio ad:
Says state Senate recall challenger Sandy Pasch voted "to cut school aid by nearly $300 million."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 20, 2011
Mike Bodker
Mike Bodker
stated on June 16, 2011 a newspaper article:
"[L]ess than one-tenth of Atlanta's transportation needs are covered" in a referendum to levy a 1-cent sales tax.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 20, 2011
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on June 20, 2011:
"The State Election Board has issued nearly $275,000 in fines to violators of absentee ballot laws."
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 19, 2011
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on July 17, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The black unemployment rate (has) increased since the recovery has begun."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on July 13, 2011 a TV interview.:
Ninety percent of the job growth in Virginia has been in the private sector.
True
By Sean Gorman • July 18, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 16, 2011 a speech in the U.S. Senate:
"Some criminals have learned how to spy on Americans, hacking into our home computers and looking out through the video camera attached to the screen."
True
By Richard Salit • July 17, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 11, 2011 a "New York Times" column:
"There are actually half a million fewer government employees now than there were when (President Barack) Obama took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2011
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on June 22, 2011 remarks to the Central Texas Democratic Forum:
"We’re losing almost 6,000 state jobs."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 9, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 7, 2011 a Senate floor speech:
"Fifty-one percent -- that is, a majority of American households -- paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on 10 News Conference:
Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall:
"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 16, 2011 an "On the Line" interview with Steve Adubato:
Says car insurance rates have decreased since about a decade ago because of market-based solutions that attracted more auto insurers to New Jersey.
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 7, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on June 22, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate:
"Voting in the wrong precinct led to over 14,000 registered voters statewide to lose their vote in 2008."
True
By Reginald Fields • July 4, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on June 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Creeping defense commitments in (the Middle East) and globally now consume over half the U.S. discretionary budget annually."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 1, 2011
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on May 24, 2011 a press release:
Says that as a gubernatorial candidate, Chris Christie "promised no school cuts."
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 1, 2011
Yard sign
Yard sign
stated on June 15, 2011 a yard on Route 12 near Keene, N.H.:
Says President Obama "has fired more cruise missiles than all other Peace Prize winners combined."
True
By John Gregg • June 30, 2011
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