Latest Fact-Checks By Willoughby Mariano

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 20, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
Georgia is "one of only about seven states in the country" that has a AAA bond rating.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 9, 2011
Jim Durrett
Jim Durrett
stated on April 28, 2011 in a radio interview:
According to crime statistics, "riding MARTA has been becoming more and more safe over the years."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 6, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 28, 2011 in a letter to a constituent:
Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health care overhaul.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 4, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 13, 2011 in a speech:
"Over the last 10 years, Georgia's public health has declined."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 25, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 12, 2011 in a speech before Congress:
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his advisers to study socialism with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin so the president could replicate it in the United States.
False
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 19, 2011
George Turner
George Turner
stated on April 4, 2011 in a newspaper article:
"If you go strictly by the numbers, crime is down across the board. Last year we had a 10 percent decrease in the most serious crimes."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 18, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 1, 2011 in a speech before Congress:
Says the federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 11, 2011 in a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board:
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 12, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on March 15, 2011 in a talk at a conservative think tank:
Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • April 8, 2011
Sally Bethea
Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 in an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 15, 2011 in a YouTube.com video:
"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 1, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 21, 2011 in an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The HOPE scholarship "has helped turn our University System into one of the best in the Southeast, with two institutions ranked in the top 20 of public universities in the country."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 25, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on March 9, 2011 in an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 22, 2011
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on January 17, 2011 in a newsletter to constituents:
Building and running the Atlanta Streetcar is projected to create 1,399 jobs.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 16, 2011
Loren Collins
Loren Collins
stated on March 4, 2011 in an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A bill before the Georgia General Assembly would make presidential candidates meet citizenship requirements that are not in the U.S. Constitution. 
True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2011
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials
Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials
stated on March 2, 2011 in an email newsletter:
Georgia legislation on immigration is a "copycat" of an Arizona immigration bill.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 7, 2011
Liberal Blogger
Liberal Blogger
stated on February 23, 2011 in a blog post:
Under a proposed Georgia law, "women who miscarry could become felons."  
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 2, 2011
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on February 15, 2011 in a committee hearing:
An illegal immigrant who gains admission at a public college takes class space away from students who are legal residents.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2011
David Raynor
David Raynor
stated on February 8, 2011 in a state legislative committee meeting:
A federal system that verifies employees are authorized to work in the U.S. is inaccurate "anywhere from 50 percent all the way up to in excess of 80" percent of the time.  
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 23, 2011
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on January 31, 2011 in a press release:
A proposed immigration bill will "bankrupt Georgia" if passed.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 16, 2011
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