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Denise Grimsley
Denise Grimsley
stated on January 31, 2012 in a statement:
"Florida ranks 45th" in the nation for tuition.
True
By Joshua Gillin • February 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 23, 2012 in a chain email:
Says Gov. Scott Walker is "openly" backing a move to abolish the state retirement system and convert it to a 401(k)-style plan that will reduce pensions "by at least a third" for current and retired public employees  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 27, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 in his budget speech:
Says private-sector job growth in 2011 "places New Jersey in the top third among all of the states."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 27, 2012
Janet Howell
Janet Howell
stated on February 10, 2012 in a TV interview.:
"It’s going to be harder to vote in Virginia than it is now to buy a gun..."
Half-True
February 27, 2012
Carol Hunstein
Carol Hunstein
stated on January 25, 2012 in a speech:
"Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has grown."
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 27, 2012
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 15, 2012 in remarks:
Says 21,000 Wisconsin residents got jobs in 2011, but "18,000 of them" were in other states.
False
February 26, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 in his budget speech:
"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines more of its citizens -- to institutions than New Jersey. "
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • February 26, 2012
David Silverman
David Silverman
stated on February 17, 2012 in a story on TV website:
"There are more atheists in the country right now than Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists combined and doubled."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 26, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 22, 2012 in a televised address:
One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 9, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
"The majority of Americans are conservatives."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 24, 2012
Alissa Keny-Guyer
Alissa Keny-Guyer
stated on February 21, 2012 in a floor speech.:
Says "in Oregon only 41 percent of adults have ever been tested" for HIV.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 24, 2012
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on February 8, 2012 in a web page post.:
Without U.S. Senate action, Texas will have more federal judicial vacancies this year than any other state.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2012
Maria Sachs
Maria Sachs
stated on January 17, 2012 in a press conference:
Florida is "the largest dog-racing state in the country."
True
February 24, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on February 22, 2012 in a written statement.:
On mandatory ultrasounds before abortions.
No Flip
February 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"Over 40 percent of children born in America are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on February 1, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:
Says "sixty-two percent of small businesses over the last five years went under because they couldn't pay their health care bills."
False
By Bill Wichert • February 24, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 15, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"When Marcy Kaptur brought home $42 million for new manufacturing jobs, Dennis Kucinich voted 'no'."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • February 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 in a campaign speech in Cobb County:
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 in in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 24, 2012
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