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Ultraviolet
stated on August 16, 2012 in a graphic on the Internet:

Paul Ryan would "outlaw in vitro fertilization."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2012

Bill Zedler
stated on July 17, 2012 in a Twitter post.:

"While (Barack) Obama preaches ‘we are our brother’s keeper,’ his brother and aunt live in real poverty in Kenya."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2012

Kate Brown
stated on May 1, 2012 in a television interview.:

Says she does the jobs of state auditor, secretary of state and lieutenant governor "for less than the price of one of them" in Washington state.

Mostly False

By Ian K. Kullgren • August 17, 2012

Kinky Friedman
stated on August 1, 2012 in :

Says Texas is 1st in business climate, 49th in education.

Half-True

By Sue Owen • August 17, 2012

Austinites for Geographic Representation
stated on July 8, 2012 in a handout.:

"Austin is the largest city in the U.S. or Texas with no geographic representation" on its city council.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2012

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on August 3, 2012 in an email to subscribers:

"13,000 Floridians are able to vote -- but their governor won't tell them."

False

By Amy Sherman • August 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on August 17, 2012 in a tweet:

Says "Paul Ryan supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest."

Half-True

By Dave Umhoefer • August 17, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on August 14, 2012 in a campaign speech:

Claims Joe Biden said "coal is more dangerous than terrorists."

Mostly False

By Tom Feran • August 17, 2012

Steve Phelps
stated on July 10, 2012 in :

"NASCAR fans are twice as likely as non fans to serve in the military and 37 percent of active servicemembers and veterans are NASCAR fans."

Mostly True

By Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2012

Arne Duncan
stated on July 23, 2012 in column in the Huffington Post:

"After one year, Tennessee’s students made their biggest single-year jump in achievement ever recorded in the state."

Mostly True

By Michael Collins • August 16, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on August 15, 2012 in remarks at a campaign event:

Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan "want to turn Medicare into a voucher system."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2012

Eva Longoria Baston
stated on August 11, 2012 in a tweet:

Says Paul Ryan "wants to cut Pell Grant scholarships for nearly 10 million students."

Half-True

August 16, 2012

Lou Greenwald
stated on August 9, 2012 in an interview with Blue Jersey:

Says "about 100,000 kids in this country leave their home state and go to another state to be educated. Out of that 100,000 young people, 30,000 of them are from New Jersey, by far the largest amount."

Half-True

By Erin O'Neill • August 16, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 14, 2012 in an Americans for Prosperity attack ad:

Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."

False

By Joshua Gillin • August 16, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on "60 Minutes":

Says Barack Obama "robbed Medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... Obamacare."

Mostly False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012

Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on "Face the Nation":

Says Paul Ryan's budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.

True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on August 7, 2012 in a news conference:

Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988."

True

By Erin O'Neill • August 15, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on August 9, 2012 in a campaign flier:

"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations."

False

By Tom Mooney • August 15, 2012

Rick Scott
stated on August 13, 2012 in a Fox News interview:

Florida has "more concealed weapons permits than any other state."

True

By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2012 in a campaign event:

Says Mitt Romney "wants to end tax credits for wind producers."

True

By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2012

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