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Herb Garrett
Herb Garrett
stated on August 3, 2012 in a letter:
Says Georgia will send more state money per child to state charter schools and that budget cuts are not applied to those charter schools.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • September 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 9, 2012 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":
"We’re seeing now 30 straight months of private-sector job growth, 4.6 million jobs created."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 10, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a convention speech:
The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements "only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent."
True
By Molly Moorhead • September 10, 2012
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 31, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • September 10, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 29, 2012 in an email.:
Wayne Powell has a "stated position of having no objection to taking `In God We Trust" off of U.S. currency."
True
By Warren Fiske • September 10, 2012
Mike Berlon
Mike Berlon
stated on September 3, 2012 in an article:
"We know there are more Democrats in Georgia than Republicans. We know that for a fact."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • September 10, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 in a speech:
"$500 billion of the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy goes to 120,000 families."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 9, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on September 5, 2012 in an interview with #waywire:
Says the Republican Party platform says "pull back even more of the rules on campaign finance reform, get rid of McCain-Feingold" while the Democratic Party platform says "we want to find a way to put more fair rules on campaign finance reform."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 9, 2012
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on August 31, 2012 in a press release sent to The Telegraph on Aug. 31, 2012:
Says Charlie Bass forfeits right to equal cost for TV ads under FCC rules
False
By Maryalice Gill • September 7, 2012
CNSNews
CNSNews
stated on August 10, 2012 in a news article.:
Says "under Oregon law, girls from 15 years of age and up are given complete control over whether to be sterilized or not."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
Mitt Romney "said it was 'tragic' to end the war in Iraq."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 7, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on August 17, 2012 in Tennessee Democratic Party press release sent via email in a version specifically cri:
The "Health Care Compact bill would end Medicare's guaranteed benefit for Tennessee's Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the state's TennCare program."
False
By Tom Humphrey • September 7, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 27, 2012 in a television interview:
"We've got 7.2 percent unemployment (in Ohio), but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, it's actually over 10 percent."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 in a convention speech:
Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says his budget plan "would cut our deficits by $4 trillion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 7, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2012 in a debate:
"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2012
Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on September 4, 2012 in a candidates debate:
Providence has "amongst the highest tax rate(s) in the entire country."
Mostly True
By Tom Mooney • September 7, 2012
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