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Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on December 6, 2011 in an opinion column:
Since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took office, "we are losing jobs at rates not seen in decades."  
False
December 14, 2011
Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
stated on December 6, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business News:
Says with Jon Corzine, "it's the first time, I think, in history where a former Senator has been subpoenaed to testify before his former colleagues."
True
By Erin O'Neill • December 14, 2011
Curtis Foltz
Curtis Foltz
stated on November 8, 2011 in an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 14, 2011
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on November 25, 2011 in a news story:
"Rhode Island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state in the country."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 14, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 in a radio show:
Sherrod Brown "has been running for public office since Richard Nixon was president."
True
By Peter Krouse • December 14, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on December 12, 2011 in a debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.:
"You look at defense … we're spending more than the rest of the world combined."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • December 13, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 7, 2011 in a Senate banking subcommittee hearing:
Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the first time in Senate history "that a political party has blocked a nomination of someone because they didn't like the construction of the agency."
True
By Stephen Koff • December 12, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
"Only one president has ever cut Medicare for seniors in this country . . . Barack Obama."
False
By Molly Moorhead • December 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
stated on December 9, 2011 in a column in the New York Times:
Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability.
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 18, 2011 in a speech at Notre Dame's law school:
"They say teachers only make on average in New Jersey 60,000 dollars a year. They only work 180 days."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • December 12, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 in a debate.:
"Our federal government has lent $2 billion to the state-owned oil company of Brazil to allow them to explore for oil and gas."  
False
By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference:
"We've got a personal tax system that's so complicated it costs Americans about $500 billion a year to comply with the current tax code."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • December 12, 2011
City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on November 28, 2011 in a news release:
A database police use to look up wanted suspects excludes certain warrants issued by Atlanta Municipal Court.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 12, 2011
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on December 5, 2011 in an email blast.:
More Hispanics "have been elected statewide (in Texas) on the Republican ticket than on the Democratic ticket."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 12, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa:
Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, "put into place socialized medicine."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • December 11, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa:
Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country"
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • December 11, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
In 1993, Newt Gingrich "first advocated for the individual mandate in health care. And as recently as May of this year, he was still advocating" for it.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2011
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on December 1, 2011 in a campaign announcement video:
Says that as Wisconsin governor, "we ended welfare."
Mostly True
December 11, 2011
Jay Webber
Jay Webber
stated on November 28, 2011 in an NJToday interview:
Says "our unemployment insurance trust fund is broke. We're over a billion dollars in debt to the federal government."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 11, 2011
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