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Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on December 13, 2011 in a press release:
"The latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 Americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • December 30, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 20, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe:
"And, as of today, New Jersey state government has less employees than when Christie Whitman left office in 2001."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 29, 2011
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on December 13, 2011 in a speech:
"After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 29, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 27, 2011 in Iowa:
On instances when abortions should be allowed.
Half Flip
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 28, 2011
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on December 27, 2011 in a video ad:
"Newt balanced the federal budget."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 20, 2011 in a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.:
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • December 28, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and Florida:
Says Newt Gingrich "supports amnesty for illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 27, 2011
Ellyn Bogdanoff
Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on October 26, 2011 in a newspaper article:
"Florida is considered the fourth-largest gambling state in the nation."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 27, 2011
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 20, 2011 in a video ad:
"As speaker, Gingrich even supported taxpayer funding of some abortions."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • December 27, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on December 14, 2011 in an oped column.:
Says Ron Paul doesn’t believe in marriage licenses.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 27, 2011
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on December 4, 2011 in an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:
"Our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 27, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate:
"I was one of about a dozen (senators) who voted against the Bridge to Nowhere."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 27, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 14, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
"Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from Obama's past, saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc.? Not one person has ever come forward from his past."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • December 26, 2011
Kyleen Wright
Kyleen Wright
stated on December 6, 2011 in a Twitter message.:
Says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2011
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on December 9, 2011 in a speech in New Hampshire:
Says America spends "over 17 percent of its GDP on health care costs when our closest competitor nations are spending about 12."
True
By Erin O'Neill • December 25, 2011
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 27, 2011 in a news show:
"We have one of the highest percentages per capita of nonprofits in this state of any state in the union."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • December 25, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on November 30, 2011 in in a press release :
Christmas trees are grown in all 50 States.
True
By Janie Har • December 23, 2011
Make Us Great Again
Make Us Great Again
stated on December 21, 2011 in a video ad:
Says Newt Gingrich aligned with Nancy Pelosi on global warming.
True
By Molly Moorhead • December 23, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on November 30, 2011 in a television ad:
Scott Walker’s school-aid cuts were so devastating that students are without chairs and a government survey found 47 kids in a classroom.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 23, 2011
Richard Franklin III
Richard Franklin III
stated on November 29, 2011 in an address to the Central Texas Democratic Forum:
Says a trash mound on U.S. 290 is 800 feet tall.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • December 22, 2011
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