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John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 24, 2011 in a Twitter message.:
Congressional Budget Office "says 8 (percent) unemployment till 2014!"
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2011
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
stated on December 20, 2010 in an article:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals estimates 200 animals will be spared annually as the result of former President Bill Clinton adopting a vegan diet.
Half-True
By M.B. Pell • August 31, 2011
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on August 24, 2011 in comments to Tallahassee residents:
"The health insurance plan that (members of Congress) have is no different than any other federal employee's in the United States government."
True
By Katie Sanders • August 30, 2011
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on August 26, 2011 in a conference call with reporters:
In Afghanistan, "it is very, very rare that someone who is killed in action is not killed by an" improvised explosive device, or IED.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2011
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on July 29, 2011 in a press conference:
"We've had 11,000 attempts to amend the Constitution since 1789."
True
By Will Short Gorham • August 30, 2011
Jim Petro
Jim Petro
stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University:
Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • August 30, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 13, 2011 in a campaign video on his website:
Says the national debt and President Barack Obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2011
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on August 22, 2011 in a press release:
"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 30, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 in web pages:
Say Oregon Reps. Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Charles Pope • August 29, 2011
Scott Randolph
Scott Randolph
stated on August 11, 2011 in a TV interview:
Gov. Rick Scott "is trying to get a waiver under the federal health care law that would deny consumers in Florida the right to the $60 million in rebates they have from their own HMOs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 4, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC:
"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."
True
By Tom Feran • August 29, 2011
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on August 1, 2011 in a news release.:
"The estimated savings of this (debt ceiling) deal only pay for half of the cost of extending all of the Bush-era tax cuts for another decade."
True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2011 in a Twitter post:
"We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor."
Pants on Fire!
By M.B. Pell • August 29, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on June 14, 2011 in a television ad:
Democrats in the Legislature in 2009 voted for various "pork projects" including "a $5 million scoreboard for the Milwaukee Bucks."
False
By Emma Roller • August 29, 2011
Joseph Cryan
Joseph Cryan
stated on August 21, 2011 in an op-ed piece published on CourierPostOnline.com:
Says direct shipment of wine "makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 29, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 18, 2011 in a television interview:
Public-employee unions spent $30 million in Wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to flip the state Senate to Democratic control.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2011
Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
stated on August 9, 2011 in a politics column.:
Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2011
Kevin O'Toole
Kevin O'Toole
stated on August 21, 2011 in an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton:
"As we near the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we should not forget that some of the hijackers used New Jersey driver’s licenses to board those aircraft."
False
By Bill Wichert • August 28, 2011
Joseph Andriole
Joseph Andriole
stated on August 2, 2011 in a TV story:
The Central Falls fire department is "one of the lowest, if not the lowest, paid fire departments in the state and entire region."
Mostly True
By Lynn Arditi • August 28, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2011 in :
Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 27, 2011
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