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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 25, 2011 in a speech:
"One-third of our college grads leave Ohio within three years."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • November 17, 2011
Public Notice
Public Notice
stated on November 14, 2011 in a political ad:
"41 cents out of every dollar (the U.S. spends) is borrowed from places like China."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 14, 2011 in a press release:
The United States' regulations "are among the most difficult in the world." 
False
By Amy Sherman • November 16, 2011
David Mellon
David Mellon
stated on October 27, 2011 in testimony at a state pension hearing:
"The job [of correctional officer] lowers your life expectancy . . . Metropolitan did a study in, I believe it was 1998, and the life expectancy was 58."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 16, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 13, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
After losing 750,000 jobs a month before this administration, the U.S. economy under Barack Obama has had 20 straight months of growth, has added 2.8 million jobs in the private sector and added "millions of jobs in manufacturing."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 in remarks at the Cornerstone Action Dinner in Manchester, N.H.:
Under energy efficiency legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, "federal bureaucrats could take over the local building code enforcement in your city if so-called ‘green mandates’ are not complied with quickly enough."
False
By Jake Berry • November 15, 2011
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on November 2, 2011 in a TV ad:
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.:
"Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 9, 2011 in a news release:
Gov. Scott Walker received a $7,300 pay raise.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 15, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 15, 2011 in a press release:
"[A]n extra 8 million Americans [are] projected to join state Medicaid programs in the next few years."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 15, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 31, 2011 in a news release.:
George Allen's flat tax "plan would actually shrink revenues further than the Perry (flat tax) plan."
False
By Sean Gorman • November 15, 2011
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on November 3, 2011 in an interview with Ohio Capital Blog’s Marc Kovac:
"The governor won this state with 49 percent. We had some of the closest races in the House in history. So you’re not dealing with this 70-30, like they want to make it."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 14, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 9, 2011 in a speech.:
Says Suzanne Bonamici "supports the $500 billion cut to Medicare passed last year."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • November 14, 2011
John Birch Society
John Birch Society
stated on November 4, 2011 in an article on the group's website:
Under a Wisconsin bill, "minor offenses such as violating pet leash laws, seat belt laws, parking infractions, etc., would now be arrestable offenses."
Half-True
November 14, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on November 1, 2011 in an MSNBC interview with Al Sharpton:
"More than half of the people on food stamps today are children."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 14, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 8, 2011 in a meeting:
Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 14, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 31, 2011 in a television ad:
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 14, 2011
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on November 9, 2011 in a radio interview:
The federal "limousine fleet has increased by 42 percent since Barack Obama took office."
Mostly False
November 13, 2011
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on November 4, 2011 in an email newsletter:
Says the Treasury Department "says 41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the [millionaires’] surtax" that "would harm small businessmen and women, the very people we are counting on to create new jobs."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 13, 2011
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