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Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on November 16, 2011 in a speech on the House floor:
"When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 21, 2011
Maurice Thompson
Maurice Thompson
stated on November 10, 2011 in a news conference:
Says unemployment in Ohio "is significantly higher than the unemployment rate in states which are not forced union states and it’s always been that way."
False
By Aaron Marshall • November 21, 2011
DeKalb County
DeKalb County
stated on November 11, 2011 in a brochure:
A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 21, 2011
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on November 9, 2011 in remarks at a Vatican conference:
On using embryonic stem cells for medical research.
Half Flip
November 20, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on November 3, 2011 in a speech before the East Jersey Tea Party:
Says the state auditor found that 37 percent of the 428,000 students receiving free and reduced-price lunches are ineligible.
False
By Bill Wichert • November 20, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 9, 2011 in a tweet:
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech:
"The American healthcare system burns 18 percent of our national GDP. Nobody else is close."
True
By Lynn Arditi • November 20, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on November 10, 2011 in a TV ad:
Stimulus money went to "office upgrades for politicians."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 19, 2011
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 in a guest column:
Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’
Mostly True
By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
John Stemberger
John Stemberger
stated on October 20, 2011 in a website:
The largest number of gamblers are "from the poorest segments of the population."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 18, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 20, 2011 in speaking at New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University:
"The median income of a middle class family went down $2,100 from 2001 to 2007."
True
By Maryalice Gill • November 18, 2011
Kurt Schuller
Kurt Schuller
stated on November 15, 2011 in a tweet:
Wisconsin law says all recall petition signers must sign in the presence of another person.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 18, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says that Sen. Sherrod Brown is "out there egging on a lot of these protesters who are spitting on policemen and going to the bathroom on policemen’s cars at these protests on Wall Street and other places." 
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • November 18, 2011
Philip Keefe
Philip Keefe
stated on November 13, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference:
"If they made no changes whatsoever, the [state employees pension] plan still had enough money to go forward for approximately the next 16 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 18, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate:
On auditing the Federal Reserve
Half Flip
By Eric Stirgus • November 18, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 14, 2011 in a statement on his website:
Says "51 percent of federal tax filers paid zero federal income tax."
True
By Charles Pope • November 17, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 in a television ad:
Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech:
Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 14, 2011 in an interview at Facebook headquarters:
Says 23 percent of ninth graders in Newark will graduate with a high school diploma in four years and "we spend $100,000 on their education in those four years, more than is spent on any other set of students in the United States."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 17, 2011
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