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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2011 in a conference call with reporters:
Says Mitt Romney "is committed to overturning Roe vs. Wade, and he supports such amendments that define a life as beginning at the moment of conception."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 1, 2011 in a speech on energy policy at University of New Hampshire:
The United States sends "$300 billion -- half our trade deficit -- overseas for oil to unstable and unfriendly regimes."
Half-True
By John Gregg • November 8, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 1, 2011 in a congressional hearing:
"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
True
By Tom Feran • November 8, 2011
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on October 29, 2011 in a newspaper column:
"If [Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed] wants to be like Bull Connor, then so be it."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • November 8, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 21, 2011 in a TV interview:
The EPA "wants to hire 230,000 new government regulators that will cost the taxpayer $21 billion."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 28, 2011 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.:
"We spend half a trillion dollars a year in tax preparation."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2011
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
stated on October 30, 2011 in website article, emails, direct mail:
"People are five to seven times more likely to be murdered in workplaces that allow firearms than in those that prohibit it."
Half-True
November 7, 2011
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
stated on October 30, 2011 in a video posted on YouTube:
"You’re paying for...(state Sen. Diane Allen’s) health care, and she took yours away."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • November 7, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 25, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 7, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 19, 2011 in a press release:
"The average homeowner spends more than $2,000 each year on energy costs – more than on either real estate taxes or homeowners insurance."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 25, 2011 in an interview.:
Says that under his tax plan, "no matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 7, 2011
John Klenke
John Klenke
stated on October 21, 2011 in a presentation:
Wisconsin ranks 48th out of all 50 states in venture capital investment.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 6, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 26, 2011 in a radio interview:
Says "over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the Legislature, with the exception of Jim McGreevey in 2003."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 6, 2011
Paul Valletta
Paul Valletta
stated on October 27, 2011 in testimony at a General Assembly pension hearing:
Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo "raised the mortality rate from 65 to 87" and "used a 1994 annuity chart" to create the pension crisis.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 6, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview:
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on abortion rights.
True
By Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 5, 2011
New Jersey Republican State Committee
New Jersey Republican State Committee
stated on November 3, 2011 in a political advertisement:
"Corrupt political bosses. Money laundering. Fraud. It’s just another day at the office for Vin Gopal." 
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • November 4, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 in an op-ed in USA Today:
Repealing the health care law "would save $95 billion in 2016."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 4, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on November 1, 2011 in a press release:
Says if elected, he would be the first Mayor who lives east of 82nd.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 4, 2011
Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Senate committee meeting:
Proof of citizenship isn't necessary before you register to vote in Florida.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 4, 2011
Wisconsin Association for Justice
Wisconsin Association for Justice
stated on October 31, 2011 in a news release:
A state bill would end a longstanding requirement that local governments repair highways and sidewalks -- and block injured citizens from suing over neglected maintenance.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 4, 2011
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