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Bee Moorhead
Bee Moorhead
stated on April 23, 2013 in a civic summit.:
Says more Austinites voted in the city’s 1973 election featuring a mayor’s race than in the city’s most recent mayoral election.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 23, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC:
"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2013
Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on April 16, 2013 in a speech:
"Do you know those former Soviet Bloc countries have all moved to flat taxes?"
Half-True
By Chris Joyner • April 29, 2013
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
stated on April 10, 2013 in a TV/internet ad:
"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • April 29, 2013
Texas State Employees Union
Texas State Employees Union
stated on April 1, 2013 in an organization web page.:
"Most state employees did not receive any pay raise from 2009 to 2012."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 29, 2013
Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List
stated on April 23, 2013 in a radio ad.:
New Virginia regulations on abortion clinics "provide the same sanitary environment we expect of dental offices."
Pants on Fire!
By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 26, 2013 in a constituent email:
A recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policy’s effect on Wisconsin consumers showed it could "raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent" by 2030.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 28, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 22, 2013 in a statement on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program:
"If anyone should know irresponsible it should be Senator Buono. She’s the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that I had to fix. Her mistakes. And for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. Her mistakes, along with her partner Jon Corzine."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • April 28, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 9, 2013 in a Senate speech published on YouTube:
"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 28, 2013
Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson
stated on April 11, 2013 in a floor speech:
Says "Every legislative district in the state has at least one craft brewery and countless home brewers."
False
By Yuxing Zheng • April 27, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on April 24, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"In barely four years in office, five jihadists have reached their targets in the United States under Barack Obama," compared to zero "in over seven years after 9/11 under George W. Bush."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 23, 2013 in a tweet:
"Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? FAA could cut other spending."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 26, 2013
Adam Schefter
Adam Schefter
stated on April 25, 2013 in a tweet about the NFL Draft:
"Odd fact for odd draft: No. 2 overall pick will earn more than the No. 1 pick due to no state tax in Florida. So 2 not so bad."
Mostly True
April 26, 2013
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on April 15, 2013 in a press conference with Gov. Rick Perry, April 15, 2013:
Says businesses pay roughly 60 percent of taxes in Texas.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 26, 2013
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 16, 2013 in an interview:
"Not one dime gets added to the deficit because of Social Security."
Mostly False
April 26, 2013
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 9, 2013 in a column.:
Says the U.S. fleet of attack submarines is scheduled to fall below the 48 boats that Navy says it needs to carry out current missions.
True
April 26, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on April 9, 2013 in :
On allowing a vote on universal gun background checks in the U.S. Senate.
No Flip
By Eric Stirgus • April 26, 2013
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on April 18, 2013 in House floor debate on HB 845:
"Abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973."
False
April 25, 2013
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on April 15, 2013 in a news release about tax reform:
"The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • April 25, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 5, 2013 in an interview on CNN.:
Says he has "yet to get a response" from Barack Obama to his August 2010 letter making border security requests.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2013
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