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Ron Shipman
Ron Shipman
stated on June 10, 2013 in a meeting:
Says Georgia Power customers pay 10 percent to 15 percent below the national average for electricity.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • June 24, 2013
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on June 7, 2013 in an op-ed article:
"There is no statistical evidence that bail bonds increase the likelihood of those awaiting trial returning to court for their scheduled hearings."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 23, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program:
"People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 23, 2013
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on June 7, 2013 in an appearance on WPRO.:
"We have one of the most expensive General Assemblies, per capita, in the entire country."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2013
Amalgamated Transit Union
Amalgamated Transit Union
stated on June 13, 2013 in a newspaper ad:
Says TriMet spends "$10.3 million in police contracts" a year for 56 transit police who must respond to non-transit calls
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 22, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 10, 2013 in a bill-signing ceremony:
Says the 2014-15 Texas budget increases spending by less than the rate of inflation and population growth.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • June 21, 2013
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
stated on June 17, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC:
Proposed cuts in the House farm bill mean "2 million less people on food stamps, 210,000 children will not receive school lunches or breakfasts."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 12, 2013 in a speech.:
The state GOP ticket "says their top priority is a career-long mission to outlaw abortion in all cases and ban some common forms of birth control."
False
By Sean Gorman • June 21, 2013
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on June 5, 2013 in U.S. House floor debate.:
Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 17, 2013 in an interview with Charlie Rose:
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court "is transparent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 2, 2013 in a speech:
"In the past four years, (the U.S. Senate) has only passed nine out of 48 appropriation bills."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • June 21, 2013
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher
stated on June 16, 2013 in an interview on WND Radio:
On immigration reform, Marco Rubio "all along has been saying, 'We have to have border security first' " and then "he gets on Spanish TV, he ends up saying, 'No, no. That will never get in the way.' "
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • June 20, 2013
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 18, 2013 in a tweet from Barack Obama's Twitter feed:
"Since Newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in Afghanistan."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 16, 2013 in a Web video:
A study ranked Florida "No. 1 in government corruption" under Gov. Rick Scott.
False
June 20, 2013
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on May 19, 2013 in an interview:
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. "cannot account for creating one single job."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • June 20, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 16, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The IRS scandal "clearly showed some criminal behavior."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 19, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 12, 2013 in a radio ad:
Says New York has ‘bureaucrats telling you whether you can even drink a Big Gulp.’
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • June 19, 2013
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on May 8, 2013 in a press conference:
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is a "proven job creator."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • June 19, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives:
Rhode Island "didn't ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to pay federal income taxes. So Rhode Island doesn't even have to pay federal income taxes."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 14, 2013 in a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference:
"Immigrants are more fertile."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2013
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