Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2012

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Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on April 17, 2012 in a blog post on his campaign website:
"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 29, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on March 28, 2012 in campaign material :
Says "I worked with our Mayor and other commissioners to help save the school year when a budget crisis in Salem threatened to cut four weeks of the school year," including  negotiating with teachers to work for free.
False
By Janie Har • April 27, 2012
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on April 18, 2012 in a campaign website:
Says more than 8,000 people have supported her campaign as volunteers, donors and advisors and endorsers.
Half-True
By Janie Har • April 24, 2012
Ellen Rosenblum
Ellen Rosenblum
stated on April 11, 2012 in a news story :
Says Dwight Holton has never set foot in an Oregon courtroom.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2012 in a Facebook post:
"In 1993 the Republicans embraced a health platform that proudly features an individual mandate as its main component."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2012
Dwight Holton
Dwight Holton
stated on April 4, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says Ellen Rosenblum "has said over and over again that this is a job where 80 percent of the job is being the government’s lawyer."
Half-True
By Janie Har • April 19, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 17, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 19, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2012
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on March 28, 2012 in a web video:
George Allen "voted for 40,000 earmarks."
Mostly True
April 18, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on April 10, 2012 in a Web ad:
Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 13, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 12, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson voted to spend "$144,541 to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine."
Mostly False
April 13, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 9, 2012 in a television ad:
"Together we added more jobs than any other area" while I was Dane County executive.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 13, 2012
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Elizabeth Ames Jones
stated on April 9, 2012 in a web video.:
Says she balanced a $10 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 in a video ad:
"Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 2, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on March 19, 2012 in a news release:
Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • March 29, 2012
Senate Republican Conference
Senate Republican Conference
stated on March 22, 2012 in a Web video:
"Up to 80 percent of small businesses will be forced to give up their current plans due to new Obamacare regulations."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2012 in a web video ad:
President Barack Obama "reduced the cost of prescription drugs for nearly 3.6 million Americans in 2011."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 27, 2012
Senate Republican Conference
Senate Republican Conference
stated on March 21, 2012 in a web video:
Says that while President Barack Obama promised to "work with your employer to lower your premiums by $2,500 per family per year," his health care law "raises premiums in the individual market by $2,100 per family."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2012
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
stated on March 16, 2012 in in a TV ad:
Metro Atlantans spend "over an hour every day" or "five hours a week" commuting, for a total of "260 hours a year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 23, 2012
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 21, 2012 in a video ad:
Says Romney flip-flopped on abortion.
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 22, 2012
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