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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 3, 2012 in a speech after the Iowa caucuses:
Says a new national poll shows "the majority of the American people believe we should have a gold standard" for U.S. currency.
False
By Louis Jacobson, W. Gardner Selby • January 4, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on December 29, 2011 in a video ad:
Rick Santorum "reformed welfare."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 28, 2011 in a fundraising appeal:
"We don't take a dime from D.C. lobbyists or special-interest PACs -- never have and never will."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 18, 2011 in an interview:
Wisconsin’s monthly job reports have a "margin of error" of 75 percent and were "way off" in eight of first 10 months of 2011.
Half-True
January 4, 2012
Declan O'Scanlon
Declan O'Scanlon
stated on December 16, 2011 in an opinion piece in the Star-Ledger:
"Taxpayers earning $1 million pay an effective tax rate that is about four times what taxpayers earning $100,000 pay."
True
By Bill Wichert • January 4, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 30, 2011 in a congressional hearing:
"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 4, 2012
Buddy Carter
Buddy Carter
stated on December 13, 2011 in a column:
Georgia’s unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate for 50 consecutive months.
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 4, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in a Web ad:
"Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • January 3, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on December 29, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" :
Says he has "been able to attract independents and Democrats to win" elections in Pennsylvania.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 23, 2011 in a radio interview:
"By the way, I'm not raising tolls 50 percent....Jon Corzine did."
True
By Bill Wichert • January 3, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 1, 2011 in a news conference:
"The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • January 3, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in an online video:
Says Rick Santorum voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 2, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 10, 2011 in a message via the Internet:
"What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not . . . a Congress!"
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 2, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on December 27, 2011 in an email newsletter:
"New Jersey taxpayers … will now face the highest tolls in the country."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 2, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 13, 2011 in a news release:
Says Rep. Betty Sutton supports allowing "welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 2, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on November 18, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’
Half-True
By Lynn Arditi • January 1, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on December 29, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says there were only "about eight or 10" inflammatory sentences in his newsletters.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Sue Owen • December 31, 2011
Yes on 79
Yes on 79
stated on December 28, 2011 in an ad and on their website:
Says constitutional amendment would "help to stop unfair, double taxation on real estate."
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 30, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 in a news release.:
Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011
Judy Shiprack and Diane McKeel
Judy Shiprack and Diane McKeel
stated on December 23, 2011 in a guest column:
Say "in November 2010, voters overwhelmingly supported the idea of creating a (library) district."
Half-True
By Janie Har • December 30, 2011
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