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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
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
Women On the Wall
Women On the Wall
stated on June 11, 2011 a Texas Capitol rally.
Says states that passed anti-illegal-immigrant legislation also had few Hispanic legislators.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2011
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