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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 15, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • June 18, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on June 18, 2014 a speech:
"The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker’s policies.
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 18, 2014
John Albers
John Albers
stated on June 14, 2014 In an emai to constituents:
It would be illegal for the Fulton County Commission to raise the county tax rate.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • June 18, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2014 a TV ad:
When Rick Scott "was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times."
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By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2014
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on June 13, 2014 In an article:
More than 1.5 million people moved into Georgia between the past two Census counts, and a majority consider themselves, African-American, Latino or Asian-American.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • June 17, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview:
Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
"In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2014
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on May 30, 2014 a radio interview:
"In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • June 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
"By the time I left" the State Department, "economic growth was up and opium production was down" in Afghanistan, while "infant mortality declined" and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show":
In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous."
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By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on May 14, 2014 an email blast:
"The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 9, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview:
"Graduation and third-grade reading scores are up in the state since I took office."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 8, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2014 a campaign commercial:
"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 4, 2014
David Frum
David Frum
stated on June 3, 2014 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"We’ve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of Americans being executed -- it’s down nearly two-thirds over the past generation."  
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on May 23, 2014 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"We're fifth in the world (in executions), behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2014
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet:
"From the ‘Do As I Say Not As I Do’ department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 the group's website:
"Less than 5 percent of registered users in states allowing medical marijuana have cancer or AIDS."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 29, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on May 6, 2014 a forum:
The Wisconsin school voucher program "has no research that shows that it’s going to improve student learning."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • May 28, 2014
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