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Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 6, 2013 in a website post.:
"In our community college system (state) cuts have reduced funding per student by $1,908."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • May 28, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 19, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told insurance companies "they couldn't inform their policyholders of what they thought the impact of Obamacare would be on them."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • May 28, 2013
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on May 9, 2013 in an interview:
An 11-year-old girl was investigated by the FBI and had to pay a $500 federal criminal fine "because she found an injured woodpecker and put it in a cage to make sure that the bird was OK."
Mostly False
May 28, 2013
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on May 14, 2013 in a radio interview.:
Says 70,000 children "have lost their Head Start slots" because of the sequester.
Mostly False
May 28, 2013
Norcross City Council
Norcross City Council
stated on May 9, 2013 in an article:
The proposed raises for the Norcross City Council would put it in line with other liked-sized communities.
True
By Eric Stirgus • May 28, 2013
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on May 15, 2013 in a legislative meeting:
"18 percent of our land in our state right now is either federally, state or county owned for conservation purposes."
True
May 26, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on May 22, 2013 in a gubernatorial campaign television ad:
"To hear Gov. Christie tell it, everything in New Jersey is going just fine. Well I see another New Jersey with 400,000 unemployed. One of the worst jobless rates in the country. Working and middle class families have seen costs soar, from property taxes to college tuition."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • May 26, 2013
Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island
Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island
stated on April 18, 2013 in a fundraising letter:
"Half of all hospitalized seniors are suffering from malnutrition so severe that it either caused their illness or it prevents them from getting better."
Mostly False
By Michael McKinney • May 26, 2013
Sander Levin
Sander Levin
stated on May 17, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
Says the inspector general for the IRS said there was "no political motivation" and "no outside influence" for targeting of tax-exempt applications from tea party groups  
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 23, 2013 in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.:
Says that since he took office, "there have been no large-scale attacks on the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2013
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on April 18, 2013 in a radio interview:
Says "we allow more people into America legally than all other countries on the planet combined."
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • May 24, 2013
Bill Ratliff
Bill Ratliff
stated on May 16, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly magazine.:
"We have one charter school that for seven years has been rated unacceptable."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 30, 2013 in a speech:
The state of Georgia lost 16 percent of its employees last year, and that percentage has risen over the past three years.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • May 24, 2013
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on May 6, 2013 in an Austin American-Statesman news story:
Says only 25 percent of Texas high school students graduate prepared for college or careers.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • May 24, 2013
Carolyn Tomei
Carolyn Tomei
stated on May 15, 2013 in a House floor speech:
Says, "In Oregon in 2010, 49 percent of all pregnancies were unintended."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • May 24, 2013
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund
stated on May 19, 2013 in a television ad:
A law that mandates fingerprinting for gun purchasers is "a requirement that's reduced gun crimes in the five states where it's the law."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2013
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
stated on April 30, 2013 in a Facebook page post:
"New Jersey's governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 23, 2013
Lynne Derbyshire
Lynne Derbyshire
stated on May 16, 2013 in The Providence Journal:
"If you are black or brown, you are nine times more likely to be stopped and frisked" in New York City.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 23, 2013
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on May 19, 2013 in a comment on 'Meet the Press':
"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2013
Ron Maag
Ron Maag
stated on April 12, 2013 in a statement during a state House Finance and Appropriations Committee hearing:
 "Forty-six cents of every dollar" Ohio could get for Medicaid expansion "is going to come from China or some other country that doesn’t like us very much."
False
By Stephen Koff • May 22, 2013
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