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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • November 14, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 6, 2011 in an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour:
"Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople."
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 10, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 1, 2011 in a Fox television interview:
"Thirty million Americans, including a lot of people in Florida, are going to be able to get healthcare next year because of that law."
False
By Molly Moorhead • November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 3, 2011 in a campaign ad:
"Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 2, 2011 in a campaign ad:
"Because of Barack Obama 32 million new people will have healthcare."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 28, 2011
Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency
Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency
stated on October 22, 2011 in parking lot fliers outside an Iowa candidate event:
Herman Cain is a "pro-choice candidate."
False
By Molly Moorhead • October 24, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ...  who've been allowed to stay in this country."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
"I don't think I've ever hired an illegal in my life."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says Romney wrote in the first edition of his book that his health care plan should be expanded nationwide and then, "You took it out of your book."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 19, 2011
Joe Pitts
Joe Pitts
stated on October 5, 2011 in a Capitol Hill press conference:
The health care law was "a 2,733-page bill! . . . No amendments!"
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 18, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate:
The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 13, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate:
Says he "came to the Republican Party sooner in age" than Ronald Reagan.
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate:
"Our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in."
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on September 26, 2011 in a speech on the Senate floor:
"President Obama has declared disasters in 48 of 50 states this year."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • September 30, 2011
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