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Cascade Policy Institute
Cascade Policy Institute
stated on July 5, 2012 in a website:
Unemployment among Oregon high school graduates aged 18 to 20 increased more than 200 percent from 2008 to 2011, while the U.S. average increased only 30 percent.
Half-True
By Janie Har • July 19, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:
Says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is "not a tax increase. It's a tax shift."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • July 19, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on July 10, 2012 in an emailed statement:
"Sherrod Brown and his special interest allies in Washington are plotting to spend over $13 million" to defeat Josh Mandel.
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • July 19, 2012
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 17, 2012 in his syndicated radio show:
Says it's not "accidental" that the villain in the Batman movie is named Bane.
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • July 18, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 12, 2012 in a radio ad.:
Every "major newspaper in Texas calls" David Dewhurst "a moderate."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2012
Julia Hurley
Julia Hurley
stated on June 23, 2012 in an email to constituents:
"If you have ever visited Nashville or Washington D.C. you will see MANY names and initials carved into ... desks."  
Mostly False
By Michael Collins, Tom Humphrey • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2012
Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin
stated on July 15, 2012 in comments on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has these offshore accounts" like Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 11, 2012 in a speech to the NAACP:
"When I was governor, not only did test scores improve – we also narrowed the achievement gap."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • July 18, 2012
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 26, 2012 in an interview:
Says President Barack Obama promised a "pathway to citizenship" to undocumented immigrants and "didn't deliver jack squat on any of it."
Mostly True
July 18, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on July 15, 2012 in an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”:
Says "the money is in the budget" to give a tax break to "everyone," including people making more than $1 million.
False
By Bill Wichert • July 18, 2012
Jeff Dickerson
Jeff Dickerson
stated on July 10, 2012 in an online debate:
According to a national survey, transit "ridership" among people age 16 to 34 increased 40 percent between 2001 and 2009.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 18, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 8, 2012 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Eighty out of 82 counties in Ohio ... have an auto manufacturing facility."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 in a speech in San Antonio.:
Mitt Romney "says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 9, 2012 in his keynote address at the Republican Party of Texas convention:
Says if labor force participation rate were the same as when Barack Obama became president, unemployment would be 11 percent.
True
By Sue Owen • July 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 14, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Mitt Romney had millions in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven.
True
By Molly Moorhead • July 17, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 16, 2012 in a chain email:
The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face.
Pants on Fire!
July 17, 2012
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on July 10, 2012 in an article:
Federal regulations required the changes to Georgia's driver’s license renewal process.  
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 17, 2012
TriMet
TriMet
stated on July 2, 2012 in a website:
The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project has created 1,525 direct jobs as of June 11, 2012.
Half-True
By Janie Har • July 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 14, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "had millions in a Swiss bank account."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2012
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