Latest Fact Checks By Erin O'Neill

Rush Holt claims a clear majority of Americans support plan to provide free prescription contraceptive coverage

By Erin O'Neill

March 12, 2012

"A clear majority of Americans support removing the cost-sharing requirement for prescription contraceptive coverage."

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Assemblyman says a single-parent earning current minimum wage falls below federal poverty line

By Erin O'Neill

March 9, 2012

"If we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty…

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Chris Christie says he cut $13 billion in state spending over two years

By Erin O'Neill

March 4, 2012

Says "we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years."

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Cory Booker claims jobless rate fell two percentage points in Newark last year

By Erin O'Neill

March 1, 2012

"We've seen in this last year tremendous things happening, including our unemployment rate come down 2 percentage points."

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Chris Christie claims only Texas institutionalizes more developmentally disabled people than New Jersey

By Erin O'Neill

February 26, 2012

"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines…

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Steve Sweeney claims two-thirds of marriages end in divorce

By Erin O'Neill

February 20, 2012

Says "67 percent of marriages now wind up in divorce."

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Loretta Weinberg claims New Jersey voted down 1915 referendum giving women the right to vote

By Erin O'Neill

February 16, 2012

Says a 1915 referendum on women’s right to vote "went down in New Jersey. And it took the Legislature to pass it."

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Chris Christie claims under Greg Schiano, Rutgers football had the best graduation rate in its division

By Erin O'Neill

February 12, 2012

"Here's something that people never talk about with coach Schiano: Rutgers had the best graduation rate of any Division I football program in America."

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Ad claims Chris Christie “inherited the highest taxes in America and the worst unemployment in the region”

By Erin O'Neill

February 8, 2012

Says Chris Christie "inherited the highest taxes in America and the worst unemployment in the region."

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One New Jersey: Chris Christie’s talk on state’s jobs situation conflicts with middle-class reality

By Erin O'Neill

February 7, 2012

Says New Jersey is "down nearly 200,000 jobs from its pre-recession peak" and with Gov. Chris Christie "New Jersey has trailed the rest of America…

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Chris Christie’s record touted in video ad by Committee for Our Children’s Future

By Erin O'Neill

January 30, 2012

Says with "Gov. Chris Christie and bipartisan reformers" New Jersey had "the most job growth in 11 years."

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Chris Christie says New York Giants are New Jersey’s team

By Erin O'Neill

January 29, 2012

Says the New York Giants "train in New Jersey, they play in New Jersey and most of their players live in New Jersey."

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