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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 26, 2011 in blog posts:
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to freeze pay for state employees includes a 5.4 percent raise for himself.
False
By James B. Nelson • October 28, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 25, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2011 in a radio show interview:
Says adding toll lanes on I-95 in Broward County improved rush-hour traffic for non-toll lanes from 25 mph to 45 mph.
Mostly True
October 28, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was right that President Barack Obama’s health care bill created what "would, in effect, be death panels."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • October 28, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters:
The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • October 27, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
Medicare monthly premiums will go up to $104.20 in 2012 and $247.00 in 2014 due to "provisions incorporated in the Obamacare legislation, purposely delayed so as not to 'confuse' the 2012 re-election campaigns."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 27, 2011
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 26, 2011 in news reports:
On whether he would run for U.S. Senate in 2012.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • October 27, 2011
Jim Waldman
Jim Waldman
stated on October 24, 2011 in a news blog:
"You are prohibited from walking into the Capitol with a gun, but you can go after the County Commission or the School Board." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 26, 2011 in a press release.:
Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 27, 2011
On using Gov. Scott Walker’s collective-bargaining limits to help balance the city of Milwaukee budget
No Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 25, 2011 in a news conference:
Says judges "get better benefits at a lower cost than everybody else in the state."
True
By Erin O'Neill • October 27, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on October 26, 2011 in a statement on his congressional website:
"For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2011
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
stated on October 23, 2011 in congressional testimony:
"After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Senate floor speech:
Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 26, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 26, 2011 in a television ad:
"In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 26, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 16, 2011 in an interview:
"The largest category of people coming into the technical schools in Wisconsin are people with four-year degrees."
False
October 26, 2011
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on October 17, 2011 in a political advertisement:
"Since Mayor Kennedy O’Brien took office Sayreville has issued 22,081 building permits! Now O’Brien is holding secret meetings with big developers."  
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • October 26, 2011
Occupy Providence
Occupy Providence
stated on October 19, 2011 in a protest sign:
"Minimum wage = $16,000/year CEO-Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein) $16,000/Hour."
False
By Lynn Arditi • October 26, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 12, 2011 in Flint, Mich.:
"In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes … climbed to 229."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 25, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 in an Internet post:
Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011
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