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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Florida "unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2012
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on February 7, 2012 in an interview on NJTV:
Says a 1915 referendum on women’s right to vote "went down in New Jersey. And it took the Legislature to pass it."
True
By Erin O'Neill • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 in a television ad:
"Obamacare ... will kill jobs across America."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 in a video ad:
Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 15, 2012
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on February 9, 2012 in news television interview:
You may have driven the length of a football field in the five seconds it takes to check a text. 
True
By Janie Har • February 15, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 9, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, a candidate for Senate, supports raising taxes "by $858 billion."
Mostly False
February 15, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on February 7, 2012 in a radio interview:
"Many of the top officials at the Port Authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them."
True
By Bill Wichert • February 15, 2012
Patrick Johnston
Patrick Johnston
stated on January 30, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says abortion is "the most common surgery in our country."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Marshall • February 15, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on February 15, 2012 in a television ad:
Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • February 15, 2012
Glee
Glee
stated on February 7, 2012 in an episode on TV:
"The U.S. Census believes that by 2030 the majority of Americans will use Spanish as their first language."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 9, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Says a U.S. Supreme Court justice suggested that some U.S. cases will be decided based on South African law.
False
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2012
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on February 5, 2012 in a television interview:
"We aren't the only state cutting back on public television."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 14, 2012
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 10, 2012 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Barack Obama "endorsed a total ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of all handguns."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 13, 2012
Jack Lew
Jack Lew
stated on February 12, 2012 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley":
"You can't pass a budget in the Senate of the United States without 60 votes."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2012
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on February 5, 2012 in a TV interview.:
Maryland is "creating jobs at 2 ½ times the rate that Virginia is."
False
February 13, 2012
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 23, 2012 in remarks :
Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality. 
Half-True
February 13, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on February 1, 2012 in a speech at his campaign kickoff:
"Senator Menendez said he would spend our money wisely. But our annual national deficit climbed from $250 billion a year to $1.6 trillion on his watch."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 13, 2012
Bob Marshall
Bob Marshall
stated on February 2, 2012 in a legislative hearing.:
"You're supposed to throw away your shoes" if mercury from a broken CFL light bulb gets on them.
False
By Sean Gorman • February 13, 2012
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on February 1, 2012 in a web post:
"[A]t his current rate, President Obama will have added more debt to the United State of America by the end of his first term than each of the previous 43 presidents -- combined!"
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 13, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on February 3, 2012 in an op-ed piece:
As Dane County executive, Kathleen Falk raised property taxes by "millions of dollars every year" and approved the second highest increase in the state in 2010.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 12, 2012
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