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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 2, 2012 in a speech before the state Legislature:
Says "our 12 month job increase was the sixth highest in the nation."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • July 4, 2012
Bill Weimer
Bill Weimer
stated on June 26, 2012 in a newspaper column:
"Fireworks have never been safer, and their use continues to increase each year."
True
By Tom Feran • July 4, 2012
Don McIntire
Don McIntire
stated on June 26, 2012 in a radio show:
"We’re spending $12,000 bucks a kid a year in the school system."
True
By Janie Har • July 3, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2012 in on the Internet:
"In 1950, corporations paid $3 in taxes for every $1 by a worker. Today, they pay 22 cents for every $1 by a worker."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 9, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Says he "passed" eight measures, including ones to prevent groping at airport security checks and to bar "sanctuary" cities in Texas.  
Half-True
By Tara Merrigan • July 3, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 19, 2012 in a speech to the Business Roundtable in Frankenmuth, Mich.:
Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2012
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on June 12, 2012 in a speech:
"Statistics show that more people at this time telecommute than they ride carpools, mass transit, bicycle or walk."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 3, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 29, 2012 in a TV interview with Greta Van Susteren:
A company with "20 employees" could go "out of business" because of health care law requirements to buy insurance.
Pants on Fire!
By Tia Mitchell • July 3, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 2, 2012 in comments on CNBC:
The Medicaid expansion is "going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year."  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 2, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 2, 2012 in an interview on Fox News:
Says the health care law rations care, like systems in Canada and Great Britain.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 2, 2012
Majority PAC
Majority PAC
stated on June 17, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Tim Kaine "made Virginia the best state for business four years in a row."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 2, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 6, 2012 in a radio interview:
"Before Act 10, the total cost of public sector employees’ employment was 29 percent higher than that in the private sector. After the act, it’s still 22 percent higher."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • July 2, 2012
Albio Sires
Albio Sires
stated on June 20, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:
"Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 2, 2012
Dan Ramos
Dan Ramos
stated on June 13, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House:
Lorain "is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio."
False
By Joe Guillen • July 2, 2012
Georgia Green Party
Georgia Green Party
stated on July 2, 2012 in Georgia Green Party flier:
The transportation tax is regressive, and Emory University is "literally getting its own transit line at virtually no cost to itself."  
Half-True
By Chris Joyner • July 2, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 19, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"No one in Rhode Island -- not just children, no one in Rhode Island -- should eat more than one serving of freshwater fish caught in our state each month."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2012
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on June 12, 2012 in a news release:
As Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney used a line-item veto to cut "millions of dollars for firefighting equipment," including firefighters' "coats, pants, helmets and boots."
True
July 1, 2012
Jennifer Beck
Jennifer Beck
stated on June 25, 2012 in a speech on the state Senate floor:
"New Jersey's citizens are working at the highest rate in three years."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 1, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 16, 2012 in a speech.:
President Obama's health care law is "a government takeover of healthcare."  
False
By Sean Gorman • July 1, 2012
Helio Melo
Helio Melo
stated on June 7, 2012 in a House floor debate:
"People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Tom Mooney • July 1, 2012
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