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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 25, 2011 in a television interview:
"We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 27, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on September 15, 2011 in a tweet:
Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales. 
False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview:
Despite opposition from national Club for Growth, Club for Growth Wisconsin "has endorsed" him for U.S. Senate.
Pants on Fire!
September 26, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed :
"This is the worst jobs recovery since the Great Depression."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 26, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview:
"We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 26, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:
Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2011
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on September 16, 2011 in an opinion article:
Says "as a share of the US economy, the government’s support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 26, 2011
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on September 14, 2011 in an online ad:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "is denying Democrats the right to vote."
Pants on Fire!
September 25, 2011
Keep Conservatives United
Keep Conservatives United
stated on September 1, 2011 in an online video ad.:
Says Rick Perry is "spending more money than the state takes in, covering his deficits with record borrowing."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 2, 2011 in a press conference at Point Pleasant Beach:
"The water quality in the ocean is perfect. It’s been tested up and down every ocean shore in New Jersey."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • September 25, 2011
Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition
Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition
stated on September 9, 2011 in a YouTube video:
"In the past six years alone, changes to the pension formula … have saved over half a billion dollars."
Mostly False
By Lynn Arditi • September 25, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 7, 2011 in a presidential debate:
Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 24, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 in newspaper article:
Says Texas’ unemployment rate has doubled on Rick Perry’s watch.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.:
Says he "got lobbied" by a woman with late-stage cancer about vaccinating Texas girls against a virus that can cause cervical cancer.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
Says he never said he wanted to move Social Security "back to the states."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
"President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 14, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Says the Panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 19, 2011 in a news release:
Says U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is backing President Barack Obama’s plan to pass a $1.5 trillion tax increase.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 23, 2011
Brent Barton
Brent Barton
stated on August 13, 2011 in a guest column:
Says credit rating agencies realize that our instability stems in large part from Oregon’s kicker system.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 23, 2011
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