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Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on October 24, 2011 in in a hearing:
"If Rhode Island does a hybrid [retirement] plan we’ll be the first state in the nation to do this.’’
False
By Lynn Arditi • November 2, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 24, 2011 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s housing policy is, "Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 1, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 25, 2011 in a speech at a fundraiser:
"I made a bunch of these promises during the campaign. ... We've got about 60 percent done in three years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 14, 2011 in a Fox News interview:
In the Affordable Care Act, Democrats "cut $500 billion from Medicare" and "put in place the Independent Payment Advisory Board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all Americans."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 1, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 21, 2011 in a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.:
Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on October 24, 2011 in an opinion column:
"The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 1, 2011
John Lee
John Lee
stated on September 28, 2011 in in a press release :
Says "Clackamas County has more urban renewal debt than all the other Oregon counties combined."
Half-True
By Janie Har • November 1, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 28, 2011 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.:
Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 5, 2011 in a video on a website:
"The Christian Coalition gave (Adam) Hasner an F."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 15, 2011 in a website alert:
Wisconsin’s concealed-carry permit rules demand more proof than other states that safety training requirements are met, rendering "all existing (training) certificates insufficient" as part of the permit application  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 31, 2011
Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey
Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey
stated on October 24, 2011 in a television ad posted on YouTube:
Says state Senate President Stephen "Sweeney gave us the nation's highest income tax rates, driving out jobs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 31, 2011
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on October 4, 2011 in a comment to a reporter:
"We are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the NCAA no matter how minor the violations."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2011
Jim McGreevey
Jim McGreevey
stated on October 10, 2011 in a radio interview:
"After I had resigned or announced my resignation, I abolished -- I prohibited pay-to-play for people that had county or state contracts."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 30, 2011
Helen Glover
Helen Glover
stated on October 24, 2011 in an introduction to a radio interview:
"The State of Rhode Island has the worst state-funded pension in the country."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2011
Kate Brown
Kate Brown
stated on October 15, 2011 in a speech at the Oregon Summit.:
Says for every dollar the state spent on audits last year, it delivered $64 in cost savings.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 29, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on October 12, 2011 in a web ad.:
"1.53 million jobs are at risk (from potential defense cuts)."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 29, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 in the CNN Republican presidential debate.:
Says Rick Perry wrote a newspaper item saying he was "open to amnesty" for illegal immigrants in the United States.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 28, 2011
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on October 26, 2011 in a hearing of the congressional "Supercommittee":
The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
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