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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2013 in a speech about the Affordable Care Act:
"Up to half of all Americans have a pre-existing condition."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 12, 2013 in website posting.:
Under Cuccinelli’s tax cut plan, "school divisions across Virginia could be forced to fire over 8,000 teachers."  
False
September 27, 2013
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on September 22, 2013 in an ABC News interview:
Warren Buffett says stop Obamacare now and start over.
Pants on Fire!
By Janel Davis • September 27, 2013
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 24, 2013 in a segment of CNN's "Crossfire":
"One out of four corporations doesn't pay a nickel in (federal income) taxes."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 26, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 in a Senate floor speech:
UPS left 15,000 employees’ spouses "without health insurance" and told them to, "go on an exchange with no employer subsidy."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 24, 2013 in on CNN's "Crossfire":
"(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • September 26, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 4, 2013 in a TV ad:
Says Ken Cuccinelli tried to make it more difficult for mothers to obtain divorces.
Half-True
September 26, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on September 16, 2013 in a Republican lieutenant governor candidate forum:
"I’ve been reducing the number of Democratic" Texas Senate committee "chairs since I came in" as lieutenant governor.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2013
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 18, 2013 in a column on the party's website:
The 2013-’15 state budget backed by Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers "left our technical colleges funded at 1989 levels."
Half-True
September 26, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 22, 2013 in a Tampa Bay Times op-ed:
"Today many Florida teachers are at risk of having their pay impacted by the performance of children who are not even in their classrooms or subject areas."
Mostly True
September 25, 2013
Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on September 20, 2013 in a press release:
"According to the Congressional Budget Office, repealing Obamacare would increase the budget deficit."
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • September 25, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 17, 2013 in a letter to Florida's U.S. senators:
"Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2013
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on September 22, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says President Barack Obama "has amended, delayed, or repealed 19 components of his very own (health care) law."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2013
David Watts
David Watts
stated on September 16, 2013 in an email blast:
The U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1982 that non-citizen children must get free K-12 education.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2013
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on September 6, 2013 in a radio ad:
"Unlike you and me, Congress gets to keep up to $11,000 a year in taxpayer subsidies" under Obamacare.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 25, 2013
C.W. Bill Young
C.W. Bill Young
stated on September 20, 2013 in a House address:
If the government shuts down, "all military personnel will continue to serve and accrue pay but will not actually be paid until appropriations are available."
True
By Julie Kliegman • September 24, 2013
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on September 18, 2013 in an interview with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper":
Mental health provisions related to mass shootings "got over 90 votes in the Senate."
True
By Steve Gilbert • September 24, 2013
Michael Turner
Michael Turner
stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release:
Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • September 24, 2013
Texans for America's Future PAC
Texans for America's Future PAC
stated on September 18, 2013 in a radio ad:
"Thanks to (Rick) Perry's bad budgeting, the (Texas) highway department has to convert some modern paved state roads back to gravel."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2013
Oregon 2014
Oregon 2014
stated on September 17, 2013 in online campaign materials:
"In fiscal year 2011-2012, 4,191 abortions were paid for by taxpayers via the Oregon Health Plan."
True
By Janie Har • September 24, 2013
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