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Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on September 8, 2011 in an opinion column:
Says that even if you have no children, "under Obamacare, you would still have to carry insurance that covers pediatric, maternity and newborn care even though you do not need it."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 19, 2011
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on September 7, 2011 in a TV show:
One Wisconsin school district "is so worried about losing state funding that it has stopped giving milk to elementary school kids during snack time."
Half-True
September 19, 2011
Chris McCalla
Chris McCalla
stated on August 1, 2011 in Press Release:
"An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone."
False
By Chris Joyner • September 19, 2011
New Jersey Sierra Club
New Jersey Sierra Club
stated on September 6, 2011 in a press release:
Says New Jersey is "losing 50 football fields of open space to development every day and the more we develop upstream the more flooding we have downstream."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 19, 2011
Scott Keyes
Scott Keyes
stated on September 10, 2011 in an article:
"The Green Bay Packers are a socialist organization."
Mostly False
September 18, 2011
Hetty Rosenstein
Hetty Rosenstein
stated on August 31, 2011 in a press release from the Communication Workers of America:
"The average state pension, including managers, is $23,000 a year; and just $14,000 for local government workers."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 18, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2011 in a letter posted on a blog :
Says an amendment specifying when military members may use deadly force "does nothing to change existing rules of engagement for American service members."
True
By Lynn Arditi • September 18, 2011
Ted Piccolo
Ted Piccolo
stated on September 14, 2011 in an online comment:
Says that three of these five Republicans -- Ben Westlund, Rob Patridge, Max Williams, Lane Shetterly, Lynn Lundquist -- later became Democrats.
False
By Janie Har • September 17, 2011
Save Our Springs Alliance
Save Our Springs Alliance
stated on August 16, 2011 in a newsletter post.:
"Ten years ago the Austin Water Utility used a total of 240.3 million gallons. Every summer since then our peak day of water use has been lower."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 13, 2011 in several media interviews:
Says the vaccine to prevent HPV can cause mental retardation.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on September 4, 2011 in a news release:
"Two-thirds of Granite Staters oppose the Tea Party" and its agenda on labor unions.
Mostly False
By John Gregg • September 16, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview before the CNN/Tea Party Express presidential debate:
Says CNN's Wolf Blitzer was wrong to say that "the wealthiest Americans, they pay the most in taxes already -- 50 percent of Americans don't even pay any federal income tax."
False
By Aaron Sharockman, Becky Bowers • September 16, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 2, 2011 in a campaign fundraising letter:
"I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance ... and they said I was being unreasonable. I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions ... and they screamed it was unfair."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 16, 2011
David Scott
David Scott
stated on September 9, 2011 in a WABE-FM (90.1) radio interview:
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, states would no longer have to lay off teachers, firefighters and police officers.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 16, 2011
Jersey Central Power & Light
Jersey Central Power & Light
stated on September 7, 2011 in an advertisement:
Hurricane "Irene was the second-largest storm to hit North America in terms of power outages -- and the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1904."  
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • September 16, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on September 14, 2011 in a blog post:
The jobs bill includes "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 13, 2011 in a discussion on Fox News' "Hannity":
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, "you can sue if you are unemployed and don't get the job and think you weren't hired because you are unemployed."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 1, 2011 in an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars:
"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 1, 2011 in a television interview:
"The majority last quarter of Sherrod Brown's campaign contributions came from outside of the state of Ohio."
False
By Stephen Koff • September 15, 2011
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
stated on September 6, 2011 in at a news conference:
Says "160,000 kids stay home every day because they are afraid to go to school because of bullying."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 15, 2011
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