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Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on September 15, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
The employer mandate "affects only 5 percent of businesses in this country."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2013
Barry Smitherman
Barry Smitherman
stated on August 26, 2013 in prepared remarks for speech to Texas Alliance for Life:
According to an article in the Economist magazine, Americans are "guaranteed" to live above the poverty line if they graduate from high school, keep their first job for over a year and get and stay married.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on September 10, 2013 in a mayoral forum:
"Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so they've got a much bigger problem than we do."
Mostly False
September 18, 2013
S.E. Cupp
S.E. Cupp
stated on September 13, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
"The CDC issued a report commissioned by President Obama just earlier this year, and it found some very inconvenient facts. Armed citizens are less likely harmed by attackers. Effectiveness of gun control laws is mixed. Gun buybacks don't work."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 18, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on September 12, 2013 in a press release:
An average of seven children in America are killed by guns every day.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 18, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 30, 2013 in an interview:
Says potential Democratic opponent Mary Burke "implemented the policies of Jim Doyle. Those are the policies that, in his last term, saw the state lose more than 133,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • September 18, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 13, 2013 in posts on the Internet:
Warren Buffett recently said "Scrap Obamacare and Start All Over."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
John Currie
John Currie
stated on September 9, 2013 in a guest blog post:
Unemployment in Texas has risen over two percentage points with Rick Perry as governor.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on August 19, 2013 in an interview on “Conexión Texas”:
"Soy ... el único official estatal quién es un hombre de negocios."
False
By Sue Owen • September 16, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 12, 2013 in a press conference:
According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 27, 2013 in a news conference.:
"I’ve never supported legislation that invades people’s choices about contraception."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 16, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2013 in a Facebook post:
The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion.
True
By Janel Davis • September 16, 2013
Joe Atkins
Joe Atkins
stated on August 29, 2013 in an interview:
"Minnesota is kicking butt relative to Wisconsin on everything from employment and job creation to school test scores, educated work force and a host of other factors and rankings"
Half-True
September 16, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on September 10, 2013 in an e-mailed campaign letter:
Newark is "now home to one-third of all commercial and multi-family development."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 15, 2013
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on August 23, 2013 in a newsletter:
"The amount of interest" paid on the federal debt exceeds "total tax revenue."
False
September 15, 2013
American LeadHERship PAC
American LeadHERship PAC
stated on August 31, 2013 in a website:
Under Mayor Angel Taveras "Providence’s bond rating was downgraded from A to BBB, two steps above junk-bond status."  
Half-True
By Gregory Smith • September 15, 2013
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
stated on August 8, 2013 in an opinion column in Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
"Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas."
False
By Sue Owen • September 13, 2013
University of Oregon
University of Oregon
stated on September 3, 2013 in a radio interview.:
"Things like … having Friday classes have been shown to be very effective on college campuses" in reducing drinking.
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 13, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 11, 2013 in a CNN interview:
The United States "stood alone in the war in Iraq."
Pants on Fire!
By Julie Kliegman • September 13, 2013
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