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Kathleen Connell
Kathleen Connell
stated on October 26, 2011 in a hearing:
"Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’
False
By Lynn Arditi • November 13, 2011
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 4, 2011 in a TV interview.:
"Ronald Reagan raised the national debt 18 times."
True
By Sean Gorman • November 12, 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on November 8, 2011 in an interview on The Daily Show:
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 9, 2011 in an interview with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show":
In April 2009 "the Democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
State Tea Party Express
State Tea Party Express
stated on October 11, 2011 in a television ad:
"In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker has created a manufacturing-led jobs recovery. 30,000 new jobs were created this year, with 15,000 created in the struggling manufacturing sector."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • November 11, 2011
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on September 15, 2011 in a letter to the the Postal Regulatory Commission chairwoman:
"No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 11, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 29, 2011 in a campaign video.:
President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 10, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 9, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Frank Ortis
Frank Ortis
stated on November 5, 2011 in a meeting:
The city of Pembroke Pines doesn't have a vote in a plan to build a detention center in Southwest Ranches.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 10, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 6, 2011 in an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour:
"Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople."
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 10, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 1, 2011 in a campaign news release:
A bill supported by Gov. Scott Walker makes it "so that drunk drivers who kill have an easier time of it."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 10, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 7, 2011 in a memo on behalf of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee:
"Governor Christie also remains the only Governor since World War II, among both Democrats and Republicans, who failed to have his party win control of at least one legislative body over the course of his term."
False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • November 10, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 4, 2011 in a news release:
Ilana Shafran Mandel’s stake in Forest City Enterprises "constitutes significantly less than 1 percent" of the company’s shares and any implication of a conflict of interest "is legally incorrect."
True
By Stephen Koff • November 10, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 9, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 in a written opening statement for a debate:
Under President Barack Obama, "more Americans are in poverty ... than at any time since the Census Bureau began keeping records on it over 50 years ago."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 9, 2011 in tweet and blogs:
Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on October 20, 2011 in an opinion column.:
"The Confederate battle flag never flew over Texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on November 4, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2011
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
stated on October 28, 2011 in a press release:
In Georgia, "hard-earned lottery dollars are doled out to the scion[s] of wealthy families."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 9, 2011
Rod Smith
Rod Smith
stated on October 29, 2011 in speech at Florida Democratic Party 2011 Convention:
"Today 46 percent of all Floridians owe more on their home than it is worth."
Mostly True
November 8, 2011
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