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New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on March 29, 2013 in a tweet:
Says the 2010-11 New Hampshire budget ended with an $18 million surplus, while the Republican-led 2012-13 budget has a $40 million deficit.
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • April 11, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on March 25, 2013 in an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's "Ask The Governor" program:
"The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. … As did other Governors before. We simply don’t do that, haven’t done it, and won’t permit it."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • April 11, 2013
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on April 8, 2013 in an interview on Fox News:
Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.
False
By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2013
Brian Anderson
Brian Anderson
stated on April 9, 2013 in a Senate Rules Committee meeting:
"Pasco County has the second highest population of homeless in all of Florida."
Mostly True
April 10, 2013
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on April 5, 2013 in a press release:
"Congresswoman Frederica Wilson successfully postpones closure of the North Perry airport tower."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 10, 2013
Sondy Pope
Sondy Pope
stated on March 30, 2013 in in a news release:
"The vast majority of our public school students are receiving less state support than their private voucher peers."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 10, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
Dannel Malloy
Dannel Malloy
stated on April 3, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
Air travelers "can’t get on a plane in the United States without someone doing a background check" on them.
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 9, 2013
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 2, 2013 in a CNN interview:
Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on March 28, 2013 in a meeting:
"In the last two years, I have supported and proposed $155 billion worth of targeting cuts. Dr. Gingrey has presented zero."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 9, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 in a television interview:
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
True
By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
Nadine Smith
Nadine Smith
stated on March 27, 2013 in a press release:
"The financial penalties imposed" on gay couples "can cost us more than $300,000 compared with married heterosexual couples over a lifetime."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 1, 2013 in remarks in Austin, Texas:
"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2013 in an interview televised March 22 on “State of Ohio”:
Says that his transportation budget and Ohio Turnpike plan "would make sure we have lower tolls than we’ve had through the history of the turnpike."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • April 8, 2013
B. Heath Mitchell
B. Heath Mitchell
stated on April 2, 2013 in newspaper article:
The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 8, 2013
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on March 25, 2013 in a radio interview.:
Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."
Mostly True
April 8, 2013
Jim Taricani
Jim Taricani
stated on March 24, 2013 in a comment made on "10 News Conference.":
"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 22, 2013 in a news release:
Says that even if his budget is adopted, private schools in the choice program would be getting about half the per-pupil funds that public schools receive
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 7, 2013
Jeff Tittel
Jeff Tittel
stated on February 22, 2013 in an opinion column for NJToday.net:
"A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the Gulf Coast and two new Superfund sites in New Orleans."
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • April 7, 2013
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