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Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 7, 2013 in a letter to Gov. Rick Scott:
If Gov. Rick Scott activates "the National Guard in anticipation of a federal disaster, the state’s costs, including the costs to recall any furloughed guardsmen, will be fully reimbursable by FEMA."
Mostly False
June 18, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on June 12, 2013 in a conference call with reporters:
"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.
True
By Stephen Koff • June 18, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on June 13, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room":
"The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on May 21, 2013 in an interview:
Corporate tax holidays pushed by Presidents John F. Kennedy and George W. Bush brought "billions" of dollars back into the United States.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 18, 2013
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2013
Barry Bone
Barry Bone
stated on June 13, 2013 in an opinion column in the Westlake Picayune.:
Says that when the Rolling Stones performed in an Austin park, they paid $25,000 to the nearby city of Rollingwood "for one night of inconvenience."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2013
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on May 16, 2013 in a news release.:
"The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 17, 2013
Angela Bean
Angela Bean
stated on June 1, 2013 in a newspaper article:
A data system that goes along with Common Core is designed to collect up to 400 data points on each child, which can include personally identifiable data.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • June 17, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 in an interview on NJTV's 'On The Record With Michael Aron' :
"Seventy percent of the people in the state of New Jersey want marriage equality."
False
By Caryn Shinske • June 16, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 16, 2013 in a television interview:
Says the success of his economic agenda is supported by the fact "we went from unemployment at 9.2 percent when I decided to run for governor four years ago to two points lower."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 16, 2013
Harold Metts
Harold Metts
stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:
"Rhode Island has a [inmate] recidivism rate of over 60 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 16, 2013
Kitty Rhoades
Kitty Rhoades
stated on June 6, 2013 in a speech:
Wisconsin is "not walking away from a dime" in federal funds by rejecting the Obamacare Medicaid expansion.
Mostly False
June 15, 2013
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on May 29, 2013 in in a press release:
Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • June 15, 2013
Jim Bridenstine
Jim Bridenstine
stated on June 11, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2013
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on June 11, 2013 in an op-ed:
"More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 14, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 8, 2013 in an interview.:
On the coal industry
Full Flop
June 14, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 12, 2013 in an email:
A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • June 14, 2013
Bernard Jackvony
Bernard Jackvony
stated on May 31, 2013 in a television interview:
"There hasn’t been a Republican in the legislature or the City Council in Providence in over 30 years."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • June 14, 2013
Pink Pony
Pink Pony
stated on May 13, 2013 in an interview:
The Pink Pony club in DeKalb County has never been cited for any violation of an ordinance or state law.
True
By Eric Stirgus • June 14, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 9, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week":
"It's expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • June 13, 2013
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