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Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan
stated on March 5, 2012 in an interview on "The Daily Show":
"It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 12, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Says the federal government "tells health insurance companies how much money they're allowed to keep of what they receive in revenues -- 15 percent."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2012 in a rally in Cleveland, Ohio:
Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama "didn't even mention the deficit or debt."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • March 5, 2012
Red, White and Blue Fund
Red, White and Blue Fund
stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Gingrich supported individual health insurance mandates."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "funded Planned Parenthood."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 23, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Mitt Romney said he does not "line up with the NRA."
True
By Molly Moorhead • February 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 22, 2012 in a primary debate in Arizona:
"The president gave the (auto) companies to the UAW."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 in a video ad airing in Michigan:
Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 16, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 in a video ad:
Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 15, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 in a stump speech in Las Vegas:
President Obama told people "to skip coming here (Las Vegas) for conventions and meetings."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 in a victory speech in Las Vegas on Feb. 4, 2012:
"Three years ago, a newly elected President Obama told America that if Congress approved his plan to borrow nearly a trillion dollars, he would hold unemployment below 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 8, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 5, 2012 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 7, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 26, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
"Romneycare … is a top-down, government-run health care system."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • January 27, 2012
Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels
stated on January 24, 2012 in a Republican response to the State of the Union address:
Says Steve Jobs was responsible for creating more jobs than the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address:
Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.
True
By Molly Moorhead • January 25, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.:
"Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Newt Gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are "government-sponsored enterprises" like Freddie Mac.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 19, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
President Obama has "said he is going to cut veterans' benefits."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 in a video campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "put Planned Parenthood on a state medical board but failed to put a pro-life group on the same board."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 10, 2012 in a video ad:
"Romney signed government-mandated health care with taxpayer-funded abortions."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • January 20, 2012
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