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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 15, 2011 in a town hall in Litchfield, N.H.:
Says that 500,000 federal workers -- one-fourth of the federal workforce -- make more than $100,000 a year.
Mostly True
By Kevin Landrigan • September 3, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on August 22, 2011 in campaign literature.:
Takes credit for "substantially reducing the size of the state workforce."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 3, 2011
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
stated on August 30, 2011 in an oped column.:
Says Ron Paul insisted FEMA should be shut down.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 3, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire:
Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history."
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • September 2, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 in various web pages:
Says Florida U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown, Alcee Hastings and Frederica Wilson are Socialists.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • September 2, 2011
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on June 30, 2011 in a press briefing:
Says Oregon state employees received a "catch-up" pay raise in 1981 -- just two years after they agreed not to take a raise in exchange for a retirement benefit.
False
By Janie Har • September 2, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on August 26, 2011 in an interview :
On Milwaukee County government’s debt burden
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • September 2, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 29, 2011 in a TV interview.:
On disaster aid offsets
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • September 2, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 22, 2011 in an e-mail to Democratic supporters:
"H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • September 2, 2011
Sovereign Citizens United
Sovereign Citizens United
stated on August 12, 2011 in a web post:
U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • September 2, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 26, 2011 in a campaign event:
President Barack Obama "has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 in a speech at a house party in New Hampshire.:
Says President Barack Obama delivered $2 billion to Brazil to help with offshore drilling projects.
Pants on Fire!
By Gregory Trotter • September 1, 2011
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on August 29, 2011 in an opinion column:
"The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on August 25, 2011 in MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011:
"In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 1, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 6, 2011 in a television interview:
Says that in 2009 ExxonMobil "paid no federal income taxes, received a $156 million rebate."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • September 1, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 in web pages:
Say New Jersey Reps. Donald Payne and Frank Pallone are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Charles Pope • September 1, 2011
James Parisi
James Parisi
stated on August 21, 2011 in a TV news show:
A national study of 2,500 charter schools shows that "maybe 20 percent do better than the community public schools, 40 percent or so do worse and the rest are not having any significant difference."
True
By Lynn Arditi • September 1, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2011 in a campaign event:
"The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on August 23, 2011 in a TV ad:
Says potential GOP U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supported "Obamacare"
Half-True
August 31, 2011
Kevin Coughlin
Kevin Coughlin
stated on August 18, 2011 in a campaign speech:
Says there’s not "much evidence to suggest that people have (contributed to global warming) or can do very much to change anything."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • August 31, 2011
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