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Associated Industries of Florida
Associated Industries of Florida
stated on April 14, 2013 in a TV ad:
The "working tax cut" created "over 40,000 new jobs in just the last four years."
Pants on Fire!
April 19, 2013
David Furhman
David Furhman
stated on March 12, 2013 in an interview:
The decision to remove Chick-fil-A from Emory University was based solely on student feedback.
Half-True
By Karishma Mehrotra • April 19, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 in a speech from the White House Rose Garden:
A bipartisan background check amendment "outlawed any (gun) registry.  Plain and simple, right there in the text."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2013
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on April 17, 2013 in a statement:
The Manchin-Toomey amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members" to get government approval.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
"The NRA used to support expanded background checks."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords
stated on April 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "New York Times":
Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks."  
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
John Duncan
John Duncan
stated on April 13, 2013 in a letter to a constituent:
"Well over 90 percent of felony cases, all over the nation, are committed by defendants who grew up in father-absent households."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 9, 2013 in a Senate Education Committee meeting.:
Says Texas ranks 49th nationally in "what we are doing to support our per-pupil investment in education in the state."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 8, 2013 in a tweet promoting Equal Pay Day:
"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 14, 2013 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
Ché Guevara "wrote extensively about the superiority of white Europeans over people of African descent."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 8, 2013 in in an appearance on Mark Davis’ KSKY-AM radio show:
Says Texas "school systems" lose 45 days a year on testing.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • April 17, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 14, 2013 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The immigration proposal from the Gang of Eight "is not amnesty."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 17, 2013
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on April 14, 2013 in an interview with Central Florida News 13:
"Rick Scott has paid down our debt by about $2 billion. Charlie Crist’s debt went up about $5 billion."
Half-True
April 17, 2013
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on April 9, 2013 in a web posting:
"Gov. Scott Walker (is) more than halfway to (his) 250,000 jobs goal."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • April 17, 2013
Nelson Wolff
Nelson Wolff
stated on April 1, 2013 in a Texas Capitol press conference.:
Says uncompensated health care costs absorbed by Texas hospitals are adding $1,800 a year to Texas private insurance rates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2013
The Tax Foundation
The Tax Foundation
stated on April 12, 2013 in a press release:
"We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 17, 2013
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 14, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Says President Barack Obama "has allowed, each year he's been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... They've declined every year since President Bush left office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2013
Arizona Citizens Defense League
Arizona Citizens Defense League
stated on April 10, 2013 in an email to supporters:
Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
Americans United for Life
Americans United for Life
stated on April 9, 2013 in a committee hearing on SB 1636:
"In 2010 alone, 1,270 infants were reported to have died following attempted abortions and notably that is only one year."
False
April 16, 2013
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on April 4, 2013 in Texas House debate on state budget.:
Says Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2013
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