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Ron Ramsey
Ron Ramsey
stated on June 2, 2012 in rally for coal miners:
"(Environmentalists) said ‘We’re only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet.’ ... Well guess where all the coal in the state of Tennessee is? Above 2,000 feet."
False
By Tom Humphrey • June 30, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on June 28, 2012 in a fundraising letter:
President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2012
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 7, 2012 in a rally outside the N.H. Statehouse.:
Says Rep. Charles Bass "supports privatizing Social Security, risking trillions more on Wall Street."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 29, 2012
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on June 20, 2012 in in a news release :
"Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."
True
By Charles Pope • June 29, 2012
Charles Bass
Charles Bass
stated on June 8, 2012 in an email to the press on June 8, 2012:
Says Ann Kuster said the debate over America’s debt limit is not an important issue of the day.
False
By Maryalice Gill • June 29, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on June 28, 2012 in a statement reacting to the Supreme Court decision upholding the law.:
Says the federal health care law upheld by the Supreme Court "has improved or saved the lives of more than 4,000 Texans" otherwise prevented from obtaining health coverage due to pre-existing conditions.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 28, 2012 in a speech at the White House:
"If you're one of the more than 250 million Americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 in a speech in Washington, D.C. :
"Obamacare … means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2012
Austin Fund for Quality Healthcare
Austin Fund for Quality Healthcare
stated on June 20, 2012 in :
"Austin is the biggest city in America with a Tier One research university (UT-Austin) but without a medical school."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on June 20, 2012 in an interview:
Says "Barack Obama and his team" are "socialists in every respect of the word."
Pants on Fire!
June 29, 2012
Jon Runyan
Jon Runyan
stated on June 28, 2012 in a press release:
Says there are "$500 billion in Medicare cuts required to pay for this flawed [health care law]."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • June 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 28, 2012 in a press conference:
"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 28, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 28, 2012 in a tweet:
Obama "said (the individual mandate) wasn't a tax."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2012
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 28, 2012 in comments on his radio show:
"Obamacare is . . . the largest tax increase in the history of the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 28, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 7, 2012 in a speech:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson said he wants to "do away with Medicare."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 28, 2012
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on May 14, 2012 in a news release:
"There is little if any evidence that the use of red light cameras in New Jersey has reduced the number or severity of accidents at the intersections where they are used."
True
By Caryn Shinske • June 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 14, 2012 in a campaign speech:
"Over the last few decades, the income of the top 1 percent grew by more than 275 percent -- to an average of $1.3 million a year."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • June 28, 2012
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on June 26, 2012 in in a press statement:
Says "TriMet's own analysis shows that YouthPass does not actually add to the transit agency's costs."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 27, 2012
John Carter
John Carter
stated on June 18, 2012 in a radio interview.:
Says the Constitution "specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy," so Barack Obama lacks the authority to defer the deportation of young illegal immigrants.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2012
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 9, 2012 in her speech at Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston:
Says because of Texas lawmakers’ choices, "hundreds of thousands of women no longer have access to basic medical care, life-saving cancer screenings and contraception."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • June 27, 2012
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