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American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 in an advertisement:
Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on Fox News:
"Mitt Romney is the first major party candidate for president of the United States in modern times not to release at least 12 years of tax returns."
False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2012
Warren Kampf
Warren Kampf
stated on August 1, 2012 in a town hall meeting:
Voter turnout for some groups in the 2008 presidential general election in Georgia "was far greater than it should have been demographically."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 14, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on August 8, 2012 in an online ad:
Says Josh Mandel bet against Ohio families
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • August 14, 2012
Rob Turner
Rob Turner
stated on August 13, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
Says Ronda Storms voted to fund the 'Taj Mahal' courthouse.
Mostly True
August 13, 2012
Gloria Romero Roses
Gloria Romero Roses
stated on July 18, 2012 in a mailer:
Says Joe Garcia "voted to raise our utility rates."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2012
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on August 12, 2012 in a Twitter post.:
Says Mitt Romney said at a January 2012 debate that under Paul Ryan’s tax plan, "I’d have paid no taxes in the last two years."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"We do know that Romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the IRS as part of the notorious 'Son of Boss' tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 13, 2012
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
Floridians for Ethics and Truth in Politics
stated on August 13, 2012 in an attack ad:
Says state Senate candidate Aaron Bean voted to give health care subsidies to illegal immigrants.
False
August 13, 2012
Anna Little
Anna Little
stated on August 2, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
"We actually made history in 2010. We came the closest in 24 years to defeating Frank Pallone."
False
By Bill Wichert • August 13, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on August 6, 2012 in an op-ed.:
The Obama administration is "unwinding our nation’s welfare-to-work requirements."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 13, 2012
Ron Stephens
Ron Stephens
stated on August 6, 2012 in an article:
Georgia spends fewer tourism advertising dollars than any other state in the South.
True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • August 13, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a television ad:
Sherrod Brown "sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • August 13, 2012
Mark Clayton
Mark Clayton
stated on August 5, 2012 in a post on his campaign's Facebook page.:
Says the federal government "mandates transexuals (sic) and homosexuals grabbing children in their stranger-danger zones in the name of airport security."
Pants on Fire!
By Bartholomew Sullivan • August 13, 2012
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on August 1, 2012 in a news release:
"(The Tax Policy Center) found that Romney would raise taxes on the average middle class family by $2,000 to pay for $5 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 12, 2012
Dolores Gresham
Dolores Gresham
stated on July 16, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:
"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.
False
By Richard Locker • August 12, 2012
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on July 29, 2012 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
Rhode Island has "the most burdensome level of health-insurance mandates in the nation."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 12, 2012
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on August 1, 2012 in in her New York Times column:
Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching "critical thinking" in public schools.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 11, 2012
Multnomah County Library Foundation
Multnomah County Library Foundation
stated on July 25, 2012 in a newsletter.:
Says library district would come "at no direct cost to the city budget."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 10, 2012
Tomorrow's Vision of Florida
Tomorrow's Vision of Florida
stated on August 6, 2012 in a mailer:
Says Ron Saunders "made the choice to stand with Rick Scott" on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2012
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