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Paul Sarlo
Paul Sarlo
stated on January 30, 2012 in opening remarks at a Senate committee hearing:
Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposal to reduce state income taxes "would be the second tax cut for the rich by the governor in two years."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 5, 2012
Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert
stated on January 12, 2012 in a U.S. Senate debate hosted by Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation:
Says "we brought crime rate down by 30 percent" when he was mayor of Dallas.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 3, 2012
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on February 2, 2012 in congressional website :
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
True
By Charles Pope • February 3, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 31, 2012 in a press release:
Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2012
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on December 6, 2011 in an interview:
Says she "wiped out" the state Agriculture Department’s inspections of eggs at retail sites like grocery stores.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2012
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on January 24, 2012 in a blog post.:
"The national debt is equal to $48,700 for every American or $128,300 for every U.S. household. It is now equivalent to the size of our entire economy."
True
By Sean Gorman • February 3, 2012
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on January 9, 2012 in a speech on the state Senate floor:
"United States of America is twenty-sixth in school performance in the world."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 3, 2012
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on January 31, 2012 in a news conference:
"We've seen more anti-women's choice bills introduced in the first half of this session than we've seen in the last three General Assemblies."
True
By Tom Feran • February 3, 2012
Joseph Trillo
Joseph Trillo
stated on January 20, 2012 in a debate:
"We got [the Quonset Business Park] for free and we’re getting zero dollars out of it into the state coffers … other than the fact that it produces the jobs."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • February 3, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 31, 2012 in a television commercial:
"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 3, 2012
Stacey Campfield
Stacey Campfield
stated on January 26, 2012 in an interview with Michelangelo Signorile on the Sirius satellite radio show “OutQ.”:
AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."
Pants on Fire!
By Zack McMillin • February 3, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 5, 2012 in a press release.:
Congressman Scott DesJarlais "is spending his one year anniversary on vacation -- only working 6 days in all of January."
Pants on Fire!
By Michael Collins • February 2, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says U.S. Senate Democrats "have gone without any budget at all" for more than 1,000 days.
Mostly True
February 2, 2012
Joe Pennacchio
Joe Pennacchio
stated on January 30, 2012 in a news release:
Says Pennsylvania charges a top income tax rate of 3 percent and Delaware "has no state income tax at all."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 2, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 30, 2012 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.:
"Gov. Romney cut off kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens who were on Medicaid to save $5 a day."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union speech:
"Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity."
True
By James B. Nelson • February 1, 2012
David Englin
David Englin
stated on January 20, 2012 in a news release.:
"A cashier earning $20,000 per year pays the same (Virginia) income tax rate as a hedge fund manager earning $20 million per year."
False
By Sean Gorman • February 1, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on January 25, 2012 in a press statement:
Since President Barack Obama took office, "2 million more Americans are out of work."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on January 25, 2012 in a press statement:
"Unemployment has fallen from 10 percent during the president’s first year in office to 8.5 percent today."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 29, 2012 in an interview:
In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2012
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