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Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on April 4, 2012 in a public appearance.:
The 2011 Legislature did not cut Texas public school funding.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 29, 2012 in a television ad:
Says "unemployment tripled" in Dane County due to Kathleen Falk’s tax policies
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 12, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 4, 2012 in a news conference:
Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "took us into arbitration."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 12, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 9, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe:
Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "froze all those monies during the toughest years in ‘08-’09" and "refused to give the charitable dollars that he was required to give by the contract."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • April 12, 2012
Matthew Hill
Matthew Hill
stated on March 29, 2012 in a debate on the state House floor.:
Says abortion doctors are "flying into this state, performing abortions and flying out."
False
By Tom Humphrey • April 12, 2012
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on April 4, 2012 in a news release:
Sen. Sherrod Brown’s vote helped pass "Barack Obama’s job-killing health care law, which slapped small businesses throughout Ohio with a $500 billion tax increase."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • April 12, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 in a robocall:
President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 12, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on April 10, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Jensen Beach, Fla.:
About 78 to 81 House Democrats "are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2012
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Elizabeth Ames Jones
stated on April 9, 2012 in a web video.:
Says she balanced a $10 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on April 29, 2012 in a television ad:
Mayor Tom Barrett’s policies drove unemployment up 27 percent in Milwaukee, pushing it to "one of America’s 10 worst cities for unemployment."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 11, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on March 28, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949."
True
By Bill Wichert • April 11, 2012
Charlie Gonzalez
Charlie Gonzalez
stated on March 27, 2012 in a conference call:
Says that Mitt Romney, while he was in Arizona, said he believes the state’s SB 1070 immigration law should be the model for national immigration laws.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech:
The Keystone oil pipeline "would employ 20,000 people in the United States."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 11, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 2, 2012 in an interview with Fox News:
"Our rainy day fund has gone from 89 cents to $240 million."
True
By Tom Feran • April 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 in Mitt Romney's website:
"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2012 in a speech at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. :
"98 percent of American families" make "under $250,000 a year."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 10, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 10, 2012 in a congressional Web page:
President Barack Obama "has doubled the size of government since he took office."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on March 10, 2012 in a candidates' forum.:
Says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 10, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 6, 2012 in an email:
"Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? … Seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border!"
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 4, 2012 in an online video:
"6.4 million more Americans living in poverty under President Obama."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 10, 2012
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