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Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on November 14, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio program:
"We pay among the highest tolls in the nation for the privilege of crossing that bridge."
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 8, 2013
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 27, 2013 in an email:
"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
True
December 8, 2013
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on December 3, 2013 in a news release:
Passing a federal firearms "background check through the NICS database . . . typically takes 90 seconds."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 8, 2013
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on December 13, 2013 in a press release:
"At present spending levels, only citizens of New York have a greater local debt burden than Texans."
True
By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013
Cover Oregon
Cover Oregon
stated on November 25, 2013 in an Internet ad campaign:
"For the cost of $5 vanilla soy latte a day, you can get a sweet health insurance plan to match."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • December 6, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on October 24, 2013 in an email to a constituent:
Obamacare medical device tax "has led to the loss of thousands of jobs" in U.S.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on December 4, 2013 in a broadcast of MSNBC's Politics Nation:
The "priorities" of more than three-quarters of Americans are to increase the minimum wage, create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and require background checks for gun buyers.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 in a speech:
"By the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family."
True
By Julie Kliegman • December 5, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2013 in a meme on the Internet:
Says Vladimir Putin said, "President Obama and his fellow Democrats are either idiots or deliberately trying to destroy their own economy."
Pants on Fire!
December 5, 2013
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on December 1, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
It's a good sign for Obamacare that in California, "the proportion of kids who are signing up is the proportion of kids in the population."
Half-True
December 5, 2013
James Capretta
James Capretta
stated on December 1, 2013 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
Obamacare is a "massive, massive income redistribution" with "$250 billion a year in Medicaid expansion (and) in the subsidy structure that's basically being paid for by people on Medicare, through Medicare cuts, and a lot of tax increases."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 27, 2013 in a tweet:
"Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 in a speech at the Center for American Progress:
The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 4, 2013 in a meme on social media:
"44% of homeless people are employed."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Freedom and Responsibility PAC
Freedom and Responsibility PAC
stated on November 25, 2013 in a mailed flier:
"Residents could have received nearly $48M for Local Schools, Fire District, Sheriff’s Dept. and Social Services."
Mostly False
By Dana Tims • December 4, 2013
Timothy Dolan
Timothy Dolan
stated on December 1, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We, the bishops of the United States -- can you believe it -- in 1919 came out for more affordable, more comprehensive, more universal health care."
True
By Julie Kliegman • December 4, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"The nine-day deer hunt contributes more than $1.3 billion in revenue to the state of Wisconsin."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 4, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on December 2, 2013 in a blog on his website:
"Back door gun control is in full effect in the United States" due to "Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2013
Carla Axtman
Carla Axtman
stated on November 22, 2013 in an online article.:
Says in the last five years "Senate Republicans have placed a filibuster on every piece of legislation and every nominee."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 3, 2013
Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on November 24, 2013 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
"The administration was kicking and screaming all the way with these sanctions being put in place (on Iran)."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2013
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