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Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 21, 2011 in campaign literature:
Says she helped lead the launch of curbside recycling.
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 29, 2011 in a television interview:
Says the private sector in Texas created 1 million jobs over the past decade.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 30, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
"Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare!"
False
By Becky Bowers • September 30, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on September 26, 2011 in a speech on the Senate floor:
"President Obama has declared disasters in 48 of 50 states this year."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 30, 2011
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on September 20, 2011 in a news release:
Members of the public are being charged $50 to hear Gov. Scott Walker and a dozen members of his administration talk about jobs and the economy at Lambeau Field.
True
By James B. Nelson • September 30, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release:
Says U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown "promised that the first stimulus bill would fund the Brent Spence Bridge."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 30, 2011
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on September 15, 2011 in a meeting:
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 30, 2011
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on September 15, 2011 in a debate with Assemblyman Vince Polistina:
Because of Jim Whelan, "the 1990s are the only decade since the 1920s when the population of Atlantic City actually went up."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 30, 2011
Save America's Postal Service
Save America's Postal Service
stated on September 29, 2011 in a television ad:
The Postal Service’s financial losses result from "a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue, while the Postal Service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 in a meeting with the Nashua "Telegraph" editorial board:
"It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Says President Barack Obama failed "to stand up for the bipartisan debt solutions of the Simpson-Bowles Commission."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • September 29, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview:
Says only four Texas legislators voted against a law giving in-state tuition rates to certain illegal immigrants.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2011 in a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.:
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2011
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on September 16, 2011 in a television interview:
The federal government is spending $46,000 a year per family (or group of four) and could balance its budget by dropping that to $30,000.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.:
Says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on University of Texas tuition over four years.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • September 28, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 7, 2011 in a television interview:
"The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations."
True
By Peter Krouse • September 28, 2011
John Sherman
John Sherman
stated on September 12, 2011 in a newsletter:
The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 28, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 22, 2011 in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando:
"If we had been on 'Obamacare' and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when I could get that CAT scan, that would have delayed my treatment."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 22, 2011 in a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio:
"A construction worker who’s making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldn’t be paying higher tax rates than the guy who’s making $50 million a year. And that’s how it’s working right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 24, 2011 in a speech in Orlando at Presidency 5:
"At nearly 19 million people, the population of Florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined."
True
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2011
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