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Kathleen Falk
stated on March 24, 2012 in a speech:

Says Wisconsin women facing pay discrimination can't "do something about it" under bill passed by Republicans.

False

April 10, 2012

Gary Black
stated on April 4, 2012 in a press conference:

"Lean, finely textured beef is the proper name [not pink slime], and it is a safe, widely used product."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • April 10, 2012

Sandra Williams
stated on March 21, 2012 in a news conference:

"99.97 percent of the kids live in poverty that attend Cleveland public schools."

Half-True

By Reginald Fields • April 10, 2012

Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 in a “Face the Nation” interview:

"General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again."

False

By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2012

Weston Wamp
stated on April 3, 2012 in in a press release.:

"The average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57 years old."

True

By Michael Collins, Elijah Herington • April 9, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2012 in a TV ad.:

"Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • April 9, 2012

Vern Buchanan
stated on March 1, 2011 in a mailer:

Says the Obama administration "will no longer enforce the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on March 19, 2012 in a television interview:

"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."

False

By James B. Nelson • April 9, 2012

John Burzichelli
stated on March 28, 2012 in an interview on NJTV:

Says in the governor’s proposed budget "the use of that, what is called one-shots, is a 500 percent increase over the last Corzine budget."

Mostly False

By Erin O'Neill • April 9, 2012

Morgan Griffith
stated on April 3, 2012 in an interview.:

"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."

False

April 9, 2012

Nathan Deal
stated on March 27, 2012 in a press release:

"As the usage [of synthetic marijuana] has dramatically increased, instances of violence, bodily harm and even death have risen with it."

Mostly True

By Willoughby Mariano • April 9, 2012

Eric Kearney
stated on March 28, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:

An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum."

True

By Joe Guillen • April 9, 2012

stated on March 27, 2012 in a blog post:

Says Obama health reform law denies millions "access to affordable insurance."

False

April 8, 2012

Amy Handlin
stated on April 4, 2012 in an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton:

Says under the Affordable Care Act, New Jersey’s "new (Medicaid) enrollees won’t qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014."

Mostly False

By Bill Wichert • April 8, 2012

Jeffrey Hernandez
stated on March 23, 2012 in a letter to the Providence School District.:

Says his reform efforts improved performance at all 10 low-performing schools in Palm Beach, Florida.

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 in remarks to a meeting of the Newspaper Association of America:

Under the House Republican budget, "if these cuts were to be spread out evenly … the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of more than $1,000 each."

Half-True

By Becky Bowers • April 6, 2012

James Durkan
stated on April 6, 2012 in a statement on his campaign website.:

Adding ethanol to gas "raises food costs."

Mostly True

By Michael Collins • April 6, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 in a speech to newspaper editors:

Says Obama has failed to pass a budget.

Mostly False

By Molly Moorhead • April 6, 2012

Priorities USA Action
stated on March 30, 2012 in a television ad:

"Mitt Romney’s pledged to protect (oil companies') record profits – and their billions in special tax breaks, too."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2012

AFSCME
stated on April 3, 2012 in a web site posting:

Says gubernatorial recall candidate Tom Barrett supported passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.

False

By James B. Nelson • April 6, 2012

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