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Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on August 3, 2013 in an email:
"Ohioans can expect to pay up to 41 percent more for their insurance premiums when Obamacare takes effect next year."
Half-True
By Robert Higgs • August 9, 2013
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford
stated on August 6, 2013 in a mayoral debate:
"If we use (Tax Increment Financing) funding, that's going to take funds from the general fund for Pinellas County, as it will take funds from the general fund for the city of St. Pete."
False
By Julie Kliegman • August 9, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on August 6, 2013 in a mayoral debate:
"If we don't spend money on a pier, then that money does wipe into the general funds of the city or the county, and if you send it to the county, you never see it again."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • August 9, 2013
Ellen Rosenblum
Ellen Rosenblum
stated on August 3, 2013 in an opinion article:
Says "nearly 29,000 Oregonians — almost 5 percent of all homeowners — are 90 days or more delinquent on their mortgage."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 9, 2013
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on August 2, 2013 in a press release:
Says "the acting chief of the IRS said he – and the majority of IRS employees – would rather stay with his current" health "plan than switch to Obamacare."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 9, 2013
Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
stated on May 1, 2013 in a fundraising letter.:
Says the U.S. Postal Service has taken no taxpayer aid since 1971, funds operations entirely from the sale of stamps and related products and makes an "operational profit year after year."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 9, 2013
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Federation for American Immigration Reform
stated on August 5, 2013 in a news release:
"Unemployment has been on the rise throughout Wisconsin" as Paul Ryan stepped up his advocacy of "immigration increases."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 9, 2013
Mike Collins
Mike Collins
stated on August 1, 2013 in an interview:
Says federal regulations adopted in 2011 increased the cost of each vehicle for his business by $10,000.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2013
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford
stated on August 6, 2013 in a mayoral debate:
"There is no planned air-conditioned restaurant out on the Lens."
Mostly True
August 8, 2013
Ted Deutch
Ted Deutch
stated on August 1, 2013 in a letter with other Florida lawmakers to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius:
Says Florida refused to allow the insurance commissioner to "negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high" under Obamacare.
True
By Becky Bowers • August 8, 2013
Ramey Ko
Ramey Ko
stated on July 25, 2013 in an Austin meeting.:
Says some Austin school district classrooms lack electrical outlets.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 4, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on August 5, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC:
"Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 29, 2013 in an email blast.:
"Texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job."
Mostly False
By Andra Lim • August 7, 2013
Alan Krueger
Alan Krueger
stated on August 2, 2013 in an interview with Bloomberg television:
"Since the Affordable Care Act passed, 90 percent of job growth has been in full-time positions."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2013
Susan Collins
Susan Collins
stated on August 3, 2013 in a response to the president's Saturday address:
"This year, the overwhelming majority of new jobs are part time."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2013
Nancy Gordeuk
Nancy Gordeuk
stated on June 22, 2013 in an online posting:
"The Georgia Department of Education has implemented a new policy beginning in August that states that public schools will no longer accept credits from home school entities or non-traditional education centers."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • August 7, 2013
ForAmerica
ForAmerica
stated on July 11, 2013 in a Facebook post:
Says Houston National Cemetery is preventing Christian prayers from being said at military funerals.
False
By Sue Owen • August 6, 2013
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on July 22, 2013 in an interview:
Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 6, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 4, 2013 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The federal deficit is "growing."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2013
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