Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 10, 2010 in a recorded message:
U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Ga.) refuses to return $37,000 in "dirty" campaign contributions from U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.)
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By Eric Stirgus • August 23, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 9, 2010 in a television election ad:
"Jim Renacci supports a national sales tax of 23 percent."
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By Mark Naymik • August 19, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 29, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"The border security plan of Sens. McCain and Kyl called for 3,000 additional troops to keep us safe. President Obama says he'll send 524."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 11, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on July 21, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Harry Reid says he does more for Nevada. He's done more for unemployment. We were at 4.4 percent. Now we're at 14 percent. He's done more for the foreclosure rate. We have the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. He's done more for bankruptcy. We have the highest bankruptcy rate in the nation."
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By Erin Mershon • August 5, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 26, 2010 in a mailer:
Dave Aronberg "was the first to demand that BP create a billion-dollar fund to pay for the devastation."
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By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2010
Mark Dayton
Mark Dayton
stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."
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By Erin Mershon • July 29, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 in an issue advocacy ad:
"Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad:
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez
stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 6, 2010 in a TV campaign commercial:
"Illegal aliens are costing Georgia taxpayers over a billion dollars every year."
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By Willoughby Mariano • July 16, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 30, 2010 in a campaign video:
"At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed."
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July 8, 2010
Florida Conservation Alliance
Florida Conservation Alliance
stated on June 19, 2010 in a television commercial:
"Sen. George LeMieux voted to let oil companies off the hook and overturn pollution rules."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on June 11, 2010 in a TV commercial:
"Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 12, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 12, 2010 in a political ad:
Sharron Angle supported "a Scientology plan to give massages to prisoners."
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June 24, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on May 21, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
When Roy Barnes was governor, "Georgia created 235,000 jobs."
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 5, 2010
John Oxendine
John Oxendine
stated on June 3, 2010 in in a video on his Web site. :
"We have SAT scores lower than that of Alabama."
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 5, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on June 1, 2010 in an online campaign commercial :
As the CEO of eBay, "Whitman started a separate division that only sells porn."
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June 1, 2010
Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on May 25, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Says his opponent Dorman Grace brags on his Facebook page about receiving illegal campaign contributions.  
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May 26, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 in a Web video:
"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 16, 2010
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