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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 18, 2012 in a speech:
"The median income in America has dropped by 10 percent in the last four years."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 27, 2012
Paul Sarlo
Paul Sarlo
stated on June 25, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor:
"The state's unemployment rate is fifth-highest in the country, a full point above the nationwide rate and higher than all of our...neighboring states."
True
By Bill Wichert • June 27, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on June 12, 2012 in an online blog post:
Obama has "racked up more debt than any president in history — over $5 trillion."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • June 27, 2012
Michael Opitz
Michael Opitz
stated on May 29, 2012 in a YouTube ad:
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey gave the government the power to electronically spy on Americans without a warrant.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 27, 2012
Shawn Lindsay
Shawn Lindsay
stated on June 21, 2012 in a campaign press release:
Says, "Yet in Salem they have traditionally waited until the money is almost gone to pay for the most important things in our state’s budget."
False
By Janie Har • June 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 22, 2012 in a speech in Orlando:
The DREAM Act "was written by members of both parties. When it came up for a vote a year and a half ago, Republicans in Congress blocked it. The bill hadn’t changed. ... The only thing that had changed was politics."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • June 26, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 26, 2012 in a message forwarded to many people:
Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • June 26, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on June 19, 2012 in an online ad:
Says Josh Mandel’s campaign is under FBI investigation
False
By Stephen Koff, Sabrina Eaton • June 26, 2012
Pat Kreitlow
Pat Kreitlow
stated on June 6, 2012 in a news release:
Says GOP U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin "voted twice to end Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
June 25, 2012
Vincent Prieto
Vincent Prieto
stated on June 17, 2012 in an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”:
Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget is "the biggest spending budget in the history of the state of New Jersey. It is the largest in the nation at this point in time."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 25, 2012
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on June 5, 2012 in a floor speech.:
Ronald Reagan "raised taxes in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987."
True
June 25, 2012
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
stated on June 13, 2012 in a press release:
Atlanta Tea Party co-founder Debbie Dooley "wants gas taxes raised."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 25, 2012
Christopher Blazejewski
Christopher Blazejewski
stated on June 12, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House (which was transmitted electronically):
"Under current law, if you go on a dating website and you say you're 32 and you're actually 42, you've committed a misdemeanor."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on June 7, 2012 in a television ad:
Federal health care reforms amounted to ‘the government takeover of health care.’
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • June 24, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 15, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says New Jersey’s job growth in May represents "25 percent of all the jobs created in the country."
False
By Bill Wichert • June 24, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on June 18, 2012 in prepared remarks at a Congressional field hearing.:
"Three of our cities are among the top five worst cities in the U.S. for asthma."
True
By Zack McMillin • June 24, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 17, 2012 in a news release:
Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 24, 2012
Steve Buckstein
Steve Buckstein
stated on June 18, 2012 in in a tweet, online post:
"Did you know Wisconsin's AFSCME union has lost 50%+ of its members since no longer requiring membership?"
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 22, 2012
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on June 17, 2012 in a comment on 'Fox News Sunday':
"Gov. Romney was very clear, he would veto the DREAM Act."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 22, 2012
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on June 13, 2012 in a statement made after he filed for re-election at the N.H. Secretary of State’s office.:
"Now, in the House of Representatives, we have 40 different jobs bills that have passed and almost all of them have been bipartisan."  
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 22, 2012
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