Latest Fact-Checks By Erin O'Neill

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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 2, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Says President Barack Obama failed "to stand up for the bipartisan debt solutions of the Simpson-Bowles Commission."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • September 29, 2011
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on September 16, 2011 in an opinion article:
Says "as a share of the US economy, the government’s support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 26, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on September 9, 2011 in an opinion article:
Says "New Jersey’s $1 billion horse racing industry … employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • September 22, 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
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on September 2, 2011 in interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show:
Says 600,000 to 700,000 government workers have been laid off in the last year and a half
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • September 12, 2011
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on August 30, 2011 in NJEA's website:
Says "New Jersey's public school students have the best Advanced Placement scores in the nation."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 4, 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
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on August 22, 2011 in a letter to the state’s acting education commissioner:
Says enrolling a student in a subsidized lunch program triggers an "at risk" designation, resulting in an extra $6,000 to $7,000 of state school aid per student.
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • August 25, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 10, 2011 in a news conference in Belmar :
"Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, we've created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 21, 2011
Sandra Cunningham
Sandra Cunningham
stated on July 11, 2011 in a speech on the State Senate floor:
Says a Senate resolution would restore $140 in monthly general assistance payments and prevent people from committing crime.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • August 18, 2011
Nicholas Scutari
Nicholas Scutari
stated on July 27, 2011 in in a NJToday interview:
"Certainly we're going to be the most restrictive state in the land … in terms of who can get medical marijuana, how it will be prescribed and how it will be achieved in terms of moving it into the marketplace."
True
By Erin O'Neill • August 14, 2011
Tom Kean
Tom Kean
stated on August 1, 2011 in a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger:
"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2011
Jack Conners
Jack Conners
stated on July 16, 2011 in an opinion column in the Times of Trenton:
"Almost 88,000 United States service members are still missing and unaccounted for, dating back to World War II."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • August 8, 2011
Steven Goldstein
Steven Goldstein
stated on July 24, 2011 in an opinion column in The Star-Ledger:
"Polls now show a majority of Catholics favor marriage equality."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • July 31, 2011
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on July 17, 2011 in a column:
"Recently we have seen our government debt grow by $3.4 trillion during the first 29 months of the Obama administration -- the equivalent of about $4 billion per day."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 28, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on July 12, 2011 in testimony during a Senate hearing:
Says "the most dangerous time for children" is from "3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple"
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 25, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 12, 2011 in a radio ad:
Says the state budget "doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans" and had "no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • July 24, 2011
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 6, 2011 in an interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin:
Says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • July 14, 2011
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on July 5, 2011 in a press release:
"In our proposal, we would have expanded school aid across the board … Governor Christie slashed school aid in this budget, preferring instead to extend a tax break for millionaires over funding in the classroom."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 11, 2011
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