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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech:
"[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2012
Laurie Monnes Anderson
Laurie Monnes Anderson
stated on February 24, 2012 in a Senate floor speech:
"In 2010 about 75 percent of child abuse and neglect reports in Oregon were made by those required to report by law."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 2, 2012
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on March 1, 2012 in interview on "The Colbert Report":
There are "a larger number of shark attacks in Florida than there are cases of voter fraud."
Mostly True
March 2, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Gingrich supported individual health insurance mandates."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 2, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on February 29, 2012 in a Web video advertisement:
"Under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2012 in an interview with WTSP:
"In some communities, for $10,000 worth of (PIP) coverage it’s $1,500 a year."
Mostly True
March 2, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on February 18, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
"Invested $90 million in traffic fixes without raising taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech in Miami:
"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2012
John Axford
John Axford
stated on February 14, 2012 in a Tweet:
All travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the U.S. by air must have a passport.
True
By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Arizona:
Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 2, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on March 16, 2012 in a written statement.:
President Obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2012
Campaign for Primary Accountability
Campaign for Primary Accountability
stated on March 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur "actually lives" in "a fancy condo in the Washington, D.C.  suburbs."
False
By Tom Feran • March 2, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 29, 2012 in a speech:
Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 2, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 in a speech:
Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "funded Planned Parenthood."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech in Miami:
The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on February 17, 2012 in a press statement.:
Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 23, 2012 in an interview on WBGO’s “Newark Today”:
"We've seen in this last year tremendous things happening, including our unemployment rate come down 2 percentage points."
False
By Erin O'Neill • March 1, 2012
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