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Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on April 18, 2012 in a campaign website:
Says more than 8,000 people have supported her campaign as volunteers, donors and advisors and endorsers.
Half-True
By Janie Har • April 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2012 in a Rose Garden speech:
In the past three years, "we've added enough new oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some."
True
By Molly Moorhead • April 23, 2012
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
stated on April 22, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"One out of two Americans … are living either in or near poverty. That means 150 million Americans, half of us."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2012
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on April 14, 2012 in a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association:
"We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who … signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense."  
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 23, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on April 13, 2012 in a video press release:
"If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax."
True
By Erin O'Neill • April 23, 2012
Frank Wolf
Frank Wolf
stated on March 28, 2012 in a floor speech.:
Says the Congressional Budget Office has estimated "every penny of the federal budget will go to interest on the debt and entitlement spending by 2025."
True
By Sean Gorman • April 23, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 16, 2012 in a column in Politico:
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
True
By Tom Feran • April 23, 2012
Michael Adams
Michael Adams
stated on April 15, 2012 in a newspaper article:
Georgia’s HOPE scholarship is "still the richest scholarship program in America."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 23, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 6, 2012 in a news release:
Says Gov. Scott Walker signed abortion, sex education and discrimination bills "in secret."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 22, 2012
Raymond Bateman
Raymond Bateman
stated on April 9, 2012 in an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com:
Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 22, 2012
Ron Oakley
Ron Oakley
stated on April 16, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board."
Mostly False
By Lee Logan • April 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 11, 2012 in a campaign speech:
"The number of new businesses started per year has dropped by 100,000 during this president’s term."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • April 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 17, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
"President Obama's suggested reduction in spending for next year: $0."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 13, 2012 in a chain email forwarded by an Austin American-Statesman reader.:
Says there is an upcoming vote to preserve benefits of Texas homestead exemption for seniors and the disabled.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012
Ellen Rosenblum
Ellen Rosenblum
stated on April 11, 2012 in a news story :
Says Dwight Holton has never set foot in an Oregon courtroom.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 13, 2012 in a Republican U.S. Senate debate:
Says that when adjusted for inflation and population growth, state general revenue spending has decreased 10.7 percent on his watch.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 20, 2012
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 13, 2012 in a Republican US Senate debate at WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas.:
David Dewhurst "has never once cut one penny from the state budget."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012
Mike Dovilla
Mike Dovilla
stated on April 12, 2012 in a news release:
"Tourism accounts for 439,000 jobs in the state of Ohio, and visitors spend $36 billion annually."
True
By Joe Guillen • April 20, 2012
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 20, 2012 in a press release:
"The federal government owns tens of thousands of properties that are vacant or underused."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 20, 2012
Sara Stevenson
Sara Stevenson
stated on April 4, 2012 in an op-ed column.:
"The Austin school district calendar lists 64 different dates for either a state-mandated test or make-up test."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012
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