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Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin wants a "completely government-controlled" health care system that goes "far beyond 'Obamacare'" and is "a Medicare system for all."
Mostly True
August 26, 2012
Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on August 18, 2012 in in a story in the Chattanooga Times-Free Press:
"We have only one person on the (TVA) board, to my knowledge, who even has any corporate board experience."
Mostly True
By Tom Humphrey • August 26, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 15, 2012 in a news release:
"For Social Security, which is projected to remain solvent through 2033, Whitehouse has cosponsored [a bill that] . . . would extend the life of the program by an additional 75 years."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 18, 2012 in a speech at Windham High School in New Hampshire:
"His new running mate, Congressman Ryan, put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1 percent in taxes each year."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • August 24, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 in a campaign stop at The Villages:
The Romney-Ryan plan for Medicare "does not affect" benefits for anyone 55 or older.
Half-True
August 24, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2012
Billboard
Billboard
stated on July 23, 2012 in a billboard:
The price of gasoline was at $1.85 a gallon when President Barack Obama took office and has since nearly doubled because of his policies
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • August 24, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on August 15, 2012 in a campaign email:
Says Betty Sutton and House Democrats "gutted" Medicare by $741 billion to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 24, 2012
Sonji Jacobs
Sonji Jacobs
stated on August 10, 2012 in :
Initial efforts to strip airport contractors of their special diversity status "has no effect" on the contracts or the city’s diversity goals.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan "could raise future retirees’ costs more than $6,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2012
Nick Fish
Nick Fish
stated on August 16, 2012 in a statement.:
Says "cities save an estimated $38 in dental costs for every $1 invested in fluoridation."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 23, 2012
Friends of Democracy
Friends of Democracy
stated on August 21, 2012 in an advertisement aired in and around New Hampshire:
"Your Congressman, Charlie Bass, took over $166,000 from Big Oil."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • August 23, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 in a speech in The Villages, Fla.:
Says Obama puts "15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of Medicare, who are required to cut Medicare ... that will lead to denied care for current seniors."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 22, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Mitt Romney says class sizes don’t matter."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 23, 2012
Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on August 13, 2012 in a press statement.:
Says 88 Texas constables have died in the line of duty.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 15, 2012 in a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate hopeful Tammy Baldwin voted for a $1 trillion stimulus bill that included a wasteful "$800,000 to replace light bulbs."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 23, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 20, 2012 in a news conference:
"I haven't raised taxes in the time I've been the governor of New Jersey."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2012 in a news release:
Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • August 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio ad:
"In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher."
Mostly False
August 22, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video:
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012
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