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Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on July 30, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:
"Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 6, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 19, 2012 in :
Says his plan to end the toll on Ga. 400 fulfills his campaign promise to commuters.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 6, 2012
stated on July 13, 2012 in a television ad:
As a congressman, Mark Neumann "voted four times to increase our debt."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on July 30, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • August 5, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 16, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.:
"An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2012
Steve Doell
Steve Doell
stated on July 19, 2012 in a press release:
Says "About 7 in 10 of Oregon’s inmates are in prison for violent crimes and serious sex offenses."
True
By Janie Har • August 3, 2012
Steve Doell
Steve Doell
stated on July 19, 2012 in a press release.:
Says Measure 11 is "one of the most significant reasons" for decrease in violent crime.
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 3, 2012
Francisco
Francisco "Quico" Canseco
stated on July 31, 2012 in an email blast:
Says the "largest tax increase in American history is set to occur on January 1st unless President Obama and Congress can come to an agreement."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2012 in a TV ad:
Mitt Romney is proposing a tax plan "that would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • August 3, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on July 21, 2012 in a debate.:
Tim Kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning "as little as $17,000."
True
By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on July 17, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate opponent Eric Hovde "supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail"  and "billions more to bail out banks."
Half-True
August 3, 2012
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
stated on July 29, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:
"The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 3, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 30, 2012 in a news release:
In 2010, Betty Sutton "voted to destroy Medicare."
False
By Stephen Koff • August 3, 2012
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on July 23, 2012 in an online video of an earlier speech:
"There are close to 900,000 unemployed veterans in America right now."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 3, 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition
stated on June 18, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"One out of every two kids who are graduating college right now can't find a job."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2012
Sandy Adams
Sandy Adams
stated on August 2, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
John Mica "voted to borrow $10 trillion."
Half-True
August 2, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 27, 2012 in her speech at a rally for Ted Cruz in The Woodlands:
Says 1 in 7 American families is on food stamps.
True
By Sue Owen • August 2, 2012
Shirley Turner
Shirley Turner
stated on July 30, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor:
"The judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. Meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees."
True
By Bill Wichert • August 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 1, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2012
Michael Riley
Michael Riley
stated on July 26, 2012 in a taped debate on "State of the State":
The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2012
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