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Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2012 in a speech in Columbus, Ohio:

Says Mitt Romney is proposing a "tax cut that gives an average of $250,000 to every millionaire in this country."

True

By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2012

Mike Foley
stated on April 25, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House:

Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."

Mostly True

By Joe Guillen • May 8, 2012

Saxby Chambliss
stated on April 23, 2012 in a speech:

Each U.S. House member who voted to overhaul Social Security in 1983 was re-elected.

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • May 8, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on May 4, 2012 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":

"We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (Creating 115,000 jobs, the total from April 2012) is way, way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2012

Rudy Moise
stated on May 1, 2012 in a campaign website:

The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."

False

By Amy Sherman • May 7, 2012

Jana Duty
stated on April 15, 2012 in as quoted in Austin American-Statesman news article.:

Says Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley reduces 36 percent of felonies to misdemeanors and hands them off to her.

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2012

Anthony Bucco
stated on May 1, 2012 in a news release:

Says "an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton" is responsible for "years of diversions" from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.

Mostly False

By Bill Wichert • May 7, 2012

Bob McDonnell
stated on April 21, 2012 in a TV interview.:

The U.S. economy is "recovering slower than Europe "

False

By Sean Gorman • May 7, 2012

Sherrod Brown
stated on April 15, 2012 in a news release:

Says the average Ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt.

Half-True

By Tom Feran • May 7, 2012

Hank Johnson
stated on April 18, 2012 in a speech:

"The United States imprisons more than any nation in the world."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • May 7, 2012

stated on April 26, 2012 in a tweet:

Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country."

Half-True

May 6, 2012

Loretta Weinberg
stated on April 30, 2012 in an op-ed published on NorthJersey.com:

Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "would effectively double the interest paid out on existing and future student loans."

Mostly False

By Erin O'Neill • May 6, 2012

A C Wharton
stated on April 16, 2012 in an interview about his city budget proposal.:

"We will not ask for a tax increase to run city government."

Mostly True

By Zack McMillin • May 6, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 2012

Charlie Hales
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate:

Says "I never billed a single hour of my time to the City of Portland in the last 10 years -- so, no revolving door."

Mostly False

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate:

Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to."

False

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

Eileen Brady
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate :

Says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir.

False

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate :

Says "I don’t agree with Mr. Hales that we should give a sweeping break to the developers to allow them to build that infill housing without paying for those very basics."

Mostly True

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

Charlie Hales
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate:

Say that under state law, "systems development charges can only be spent on capital investment."

True

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

Eileen Brady
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate:

Says she is co-owner of Celilo Group Media.

True

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

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