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Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on June 9, 2013 in a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week":
Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."
True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2013
Doug Miller
Doug Miller
stated on May 21, 2013 in a Texas House floor debate.:
Says less than half of 1 percent of all the Texas legislators who ever served draw "a benefit" from pensions tied to the salaries of state district judges.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2013
Christine Whitman
Christine Whitman
stated on June 4, 2013 in an interview on The John Gambling radio show:
"We haven't had a Republican senator in Washington for ... why, I think Clifford Case was our last Republican senator."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 13, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on June 4, 2013 in a U.S. Ways and Means hearing:
Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited."
False
By Janie Har • June 13, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 25, 2013 in a press release:
Says Texas law requires state agencies to give preference to goods produced and grown in Texas.
True
By Sue Owen • June 12, 2013
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
stated on June 4, 2013 in a web posting:
Says Madison Mayor Paul Soglin's stated intent when proposing that city contractors disclose private political donations was to "discourage contributions to organizations with which he disagrees."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 12, 2013
Dave Joyce
Dave Joyce
stated on June 5, 2013 in a tweet:
"47 - New provisions ObamaCare charges the IRS with implementing, according to the Government Accountability Office."
True
By Tom Feran • June 12, 2013
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on May 31, 2013 in a tweet:
Says two-thirds of groups targeted for IRS scrutiny were not conservative.
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • June 11, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 6, 2013 in his radio show:
"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on May 30, 2013 in an op-ed:
Says Gov. Rick Scott returned "$1 million in federal funding that would have helped the state cover the cost of overseeing insurance rates under the new health care law."
Mostly True
June 11, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on June 9, 2013 in an interview on Face the Nation:
The problem of unwanted sexual contacts in the military "is not just a woman's issue. More than half of the victims are men."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 11, 2013
Jason Carter
Jason Carter
stated on May 27, 2013 in a meeting:
"We (Georgia) collect fewer state taxes per capita than any other state … although state taxes are low, Georgia is the eighth-most-dependent state on the federal government."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • June 11, 2013
Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin
stated on May 23, 2013 in an interview.:
Says Democratic Party created Planned Parenthood
False
June 10, 2013
Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin
stated on May 24, 2013 in an interview.:
Says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan.
False
By Sean Gorman • June 10, 2013
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on May 17, 2013 in a tweet:
"If Obamacare is fully implemented, 30 million people will still be without health insurance."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • June 10, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on May 17, 2013 in an op-ed:
"Black children constitute 18 percent of the nation's public school population but 40 percent of the children who are suspended or expelled."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • June 10, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2013 in a television interview:
"Our ranking in terms of the best and worst states to do business in was 43 four years ago, and we just moved up to 17 two weeks ago."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 9, 2013
13th District GOP slate
13th District GOP slate
stated on May 31, 2013 in A primary election campaign mailer:
"New Jersey’s once-broken pension system is now solvent."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • June 9, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 in an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference.":
"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 9, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 3, 2013 in a chain email:
Says "At age 76 when you most need it, you are not eligible for cancer treatment" under Affordable Care Act.
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • June 8, 2013
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