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John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 1, 2013 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees."
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 22, 2013 in a TV ad.:
"There’s only one candidate under investigation -- Terry McAuliffe."
False
September 3, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 30, 2013 in a Senate floor colloquy:
Obamacare-caused paperwork will annually absorb 190 million hours or more--and Mount Rushmore could be built 1,547 times over "with the paperwork."
Mostly False
By Andra Lim • September 3, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on August 23, 2013 in a forum :
"The city of Portland has won more national Constitution contests than any city in America."
True
By Janie Har • September 3, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on August 23, 2013 in a tweet.:
Says Ken Cuccinelli supported a law that could allow people to carry missile launchers into airports.
Mostly False
September 3, 2013
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on August 20, 2013 in an email:
Congress secured special Obamacare rules "to prevent their healthcare costs from rising."  
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 3, 2013
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 24, 2013 in a column:
Because of Gov. Scott Walker’s budgeting, a greater percentage of general fund tax dollars is "going to pay off debt than ever before in our history."
Half-True
September 2, 2013
BookerFail
BookerFail
stated on August 23, 2013 in a U.S. Senate campaign video ad:
Says Cory Booker "supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 1, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on August 22, 2013 in an interview:
"Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa already have 70 mph" speed limits on rural interstates, and "we see that they’ve been able to do it safely."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 1, 2013
Steven Frias
Steven Frias
stated on August 14, 2013 in a Providence Journal commentary:
The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority "was supposed to exist only until the bonds used to build the Newport Bridge were paid off through tolls. Once the bonds were paid, the Newport Bridge was to be transferred to the State of Rhode Island and become toll-free."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 1, 2013
Jim Francesconi
Jim Francesconi
stated on August 7, 2013 in a guest column:
Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • August 31, 2013
Jeffrey Grybowski
Jeffrey Grybowski
stated on August 4, 2013 in a television interview:
Offshore wind power is "significantly less expensive than solar energy."
Mostly True
By Gregory Smith • August 31, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 21, 2013 in a radio ad:
"Every year, more than $40 million are leaving Missouri for the Lone Star State."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013
Ernest Moniz
Ernest Moniz
stated on August 26, 2013 in a question and answer session at Columbia University:
"We are about halfway" to the president’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and "about half of that is because of the substitution of natural gas for coal in the power sector."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2013
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 27, 2013 in a radio advertisement:
Says that "unlike Texas, Missouri has a perfect AAA credit rating."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 30, 2013
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 26, 2013 in an event to launch her reelection bid:
South Carolina has "the fastest-growing economy in the Southeast."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on July 19, 2013 in a press release:
"While fat-cat bureaucrats at the Department of Education are getting paid an average salary of $102,000 a year, teachers in Georgia are getting paid half of that."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • August 30, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 19, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
In the Wisconsin health insurance exchange, "the Society of Actuaries points out that there'll be, according to them, an 82 percent increase in individual premiums over the next couple years under Obamacare."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2013
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on August 14, 2013 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson voted to let oil and gas companies emit "unlimited carbon pollution into our air"
True
August 29, 2013
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