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American Bird Conservancy
American Bird Conservancy
stated on March 29, 2013 in a press release:
A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature "would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • 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 "is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
Nancy Nathanson
Nancy Nathanson
stated on April 4, 2013 in a House floor speech.:
Says "a pack-a-day smoker who quits because of the tax increase will save about $1,650 a year."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 15, 2013
Virginia Society for Human Life
Virginia Society for Human Life
stated on April 3, 2013 in a statement.:
Under Obamacare, Virginia taxpayers would have been "forced to pay for abortions" if the General Assembly had not recently intervened.  
False
By Sean Gorman • April 15, 2013
Jodie Laubenberg
Jodie Laubenberg
stated on April 4, 2013 in a Texas House floor debate.:
Says Texas state funds were spent on "a TV series on spouses cheating on their wives, kind of glorifying the act of cheating."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 9, 2013 in remarks at Politico breakfastt:
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
True
By Stephen Koff • April 15, 2013
George Will
George Will
stated on April 3, 2013 in a column:
Wisconsin education agency "urged white students to wear white wristbands ‘as a reminder about your (white) privilege.’ "    
Mostly False
April 15, 2013
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia
stated on March 26, 2013 in a statement.:
Abortion coverage is a standard insurance benefit "in nearly 90 percent of private plans sold in the U.S."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 15, 2013
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 26, 2013 in a Twitter post:
The Internal Revenue Service spent $60,000 on a "Star Trek" training video.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2013
Ban the Box RI
Ban the Box RI
stated on March 20, 2013 in a video posted on YouTube:
"In Rhode Island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year."
True
By Michael McKinney • April 15, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on April 5, 2013 in a video briefing:
"In 2012, 1 in 4 Wisconsin schools had a subpar score on the Department of Public Instruction’s recent report cards" and are "failing" the children they serve.
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • April 14, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on April 9, 2013 in a TV ad:
"Under Republican Chris Christie, New Jersey had the highest increase in unemployment in the country last year. Nearly 1 in 10 jobless. The worst unemployment in the region. Near the bottom in economic growth, yet Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires but vetoed a minimum wage hike."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • April 14, 2013
Eva Marie Mancuso
Eva Marie Mancuso
stated on April 5, 2013 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers":
When the NECAP proficiency test is re-given to the kids the second and third time, harder questions are taken out.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2013
Melvin Sickler
Melvin Sickler
stated on March 14, 2013 in a U.S. Senate hearing :
Says Oregon’s high minimum wage is the reason why "by 2011, Oregon's restaurants employed an average of only 13.8 workers, or 2.6 fewer employees than they did before the state's minimum wage began rising above the federal level in 1997."
False
By Christian Gaston • April 13, 2013
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on April 10, 2013 in an interview with NPR:
"We have the fewest people employed in this country since 1979."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2013
Joe Negron
Joe Negron
stated on April 10, 2013 in a gaggle of reporters:
Says PETA "is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries."
Half-True
April 12, 2013
Caddy McKeown
Caddy McKeown
stated on April 4, 2013 in a House floor speech:
Says "A baby in Coos County is two times as likely to be born to a mother who is someone who used tobacco during her pregnancy as is the average baby born in Oregon or the U.S."
True
By Janie Har • April 12, 2013
Michele Walsh
Michele Walsh
stated on April 4, 2013 in a radio discussion:
"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."
True
By Tom Feran • April 12, 2013
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
stated on April 9, 2013 in a news release:
In South Carolina, women earn 76 cents on the dollar to men’s earnings.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 12, 2013
Lon Burnam
Lon Burnam
stated on March 4, 2013 in a press release:
Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor."
False
By Sue Owen • April 12, 2013
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