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Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes
stated on October 25, 2013 in a broadcast of the Charlie Sykes Show on WTMJ:
"The number of Americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2013
Daniel Llanes
Daniel Llanes
stated on October 12, 2013 in an opinion column:
"78702 is the second-most gentrified ZIP code in the entire country."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2013
Rhode Island Tea Party
Rhode Island Tea Party
stated on October 25, 2013 in a posting on Twitter:
"Soldiers Donating to Tea Party Now Face Punishment Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2013
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on October 28, 2013 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"The vast majority of people in this country are keeping their (health insurance) plan."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on October 24, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
"Hidden" in the healthcare.gov code is language that means users "waive any reasonable right to privacy of your personal information."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 29, 2013
Independent Texans
Independent Texans
stated on September 3, 2013 in a white paper on Proposition 6:
$6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 29, 2013
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 27, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
In Massachusetts, "half of the primary care doctors are not accepting new patients."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2013
Maria Sachs
Maria Sachs
stated on October 1, 2013 in a press conference at AutoNation in Fort Lauderdale:
"In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."  
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • October 29, 2013
John Barge
John Barge
stated on October 17, 2013 in a town hall meeting:
"We have about six school districts that are in school 140 to 150 days this year."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 29, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 21, 2013 in a public address:
Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans "can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 28, 2013
Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie
stated on October 22, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
Emergency rooms account for "2 percent of all health care spending."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2013
Amardeep Kaleka
Amardeep Kaleka
stated on October 20, 2013 in an interview:
Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that state's dairy industry, and "lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland."
Pants on Fire!
October 28, 2013
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on October 25, 2013 in a campaign brochure.:
Says Ken Cuccinelli wants "to eliminate all forms of birth control."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • October 27, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 21, 2013 in a gubernatorial campaign TV ad:
Says Barbara Buono "voted to raise her own pay 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • October 27, 2013
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 1, 2013 in a speech:
"We’re second only to Boston in college students per capita."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2013
Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch
stated on October 15, 2013 in a speech:
"Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top."    
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 27, 2013
Pam Stewart
Pam Stewart
stated on October 15, 2013 in a public hearing in Tampa:
For the state of Florida, "there is not an additional cost with implementation of the Common Core standards."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 27, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2013 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor.":
In Florida, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don’t have health insurance."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2013
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on October 21, 2013 in 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":
"The IRS has been specifically forbidden ...  from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies" for people who don’t purchase health insurance.
Mostly True
October 25, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 18, 2013 in a Facebook page:
Wendy Davis is "threatening to raise taxes up to $35 billion."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2013
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