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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 in remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
At Bain Capital, "we helped start an early childhood learning company called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised."
True
By Becky Bowers • August 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Under the "Obama economy ... utility bills are higher."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2012
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the RNC:
The unemployment rate is declining faster in Tampa "than almost anywhere else."
Mostly True
August 31, 2012
Democratic Party of Oregon
Democratic Party of Oregon
stated on August 14, 2012 in a press release.:
Says "Bruce Starr voted to throw 6,000 Oregonians off unemployment."
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 21, 2012 in a campaign email to New Hampshire press Aug. 21:
Says under the Romney-Ryan budget ... "the American Opportunity Tax Credit for college tuition would be eliminated."
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • August 31, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 26, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation':
"There is an increasing amount of evidence from public polling that the highest number of Americans ever identify themselves as pro-life."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 31, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 21, 2012 in a Facebook post.:
Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II. 
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 8, 2012 in a TV ad.:
"When Tim Kaine was governor, spending soared, blowing holes in the budget every year."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • August 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 in remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
In his first TV interview as president, Obama said we "should talk to Iran."
True
August 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 in remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 30, 2012 in a convention speech:
"The majority of Americans now doubt that our children will have a better future."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • August 31, 2012
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 30, 2012 in a convention speech:
"In Massachusetts, Gov. Romney narrowed the gap between students of different races."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • August 31, 2012
Callista Gingrich
Callista Gingrich
stated on August 30, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
President Barack Obama has "weakened the respect for America abroad."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2012
Clackamas County Commission
Clackamas County Commission
stated on August 23, 2012 in a press release:
Clackamas County Commissioners "approved a re-negotiated agreement to lower the county’s contribution to TriMet’s Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project to $19.9 million from $25 million."
False
By Janie Har • August 30, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
President Obama’s education "solution" includes an effort to "nationalize curriculum."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 30, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on August 20, 2012 in remarks at a campaign event:
Says Connie Mack IV co-sponsored a bill to "take a third of the Social Security Trust Fund ... give it in individual accounts to the senior citizens, who then were to invest it in the stock market."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 30, 2012
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican convention:
Says "President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board" sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Says the national health care law puts federal "bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor."
False
By Erin O'Neill • August 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 in the keynote address at the Republican National Convention:
Says the United States has "the world’s greatest health care system."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 30, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 15, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Sherrod Brown voted "for the $1.17 trillion health care law that adds a new tax on Ohio manufacturers."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • August 30, 2012
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