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Susan Yoshihara
Susan Yoshihara
stated on March 21, 2013 in testimony before a R.I. Senate committee:
Assertions that it makes no difference whether children are raised by heterosexual or homosexual parents have been "shattered by the latest and best social science and research."
False
By Michael McKinney • April 7, 2013
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on April 1, 2013 in a press conference:
Says "I've authored the first bipartisan tax reform bill in a quarter-century."  
Mostly True
By Janie Har • April 6, 2013
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on March 26, 2013 in in a press release:
Preventive care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has already "helped Granite Staters save money and live healthier lives." 
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2013 in a Facebook post:
A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 5, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on March 28, 2013 in a press conference.:
Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 4, 2013
Marion Hammer
Marion Hammer
stated on April 2, 2013 in a committee hearing:
Says rabid animals from other states carry "different strains of rabies" that Florida "vaccines and serums don’t affect."
False
April 4, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2013 in blog posts:
Forty aides who serve President Barack Obama "owe $333,485 in back taxes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • April 3, 2013
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on March 27, 2013 in a tweet:
Says that under President Barack Obama’s health care law, "your insurance" premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost "as much as a new Explorer."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2013 in a Board of Governors meeting:
"The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.
Mostly True
April 3, 2013
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on March 19, 2013 in a news article.:
Says carbon monoxide is still employed to euthanize dogs and cats in 29 Texas animal shelters.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2013
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on March 22, 2013 in a press release:
"75 percent of the (air traffic control) towers the Obama Administration is closing are located in Republican Congressional Districts."
False
By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on February 24, 2013 in newspaper column:
"Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 3, 2013
Bishop Thomas Tobin
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on March 27, 2013 in a news release:
"Any legislative action that is taken now could very well be rendered completely null and void by the decision of the Supreme Court expected this June."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2013
Progress Ohio
Progress Ohio
stated on March 26, 2013 in a fundraising email:
"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."
True
By Tom Feran • April 2, 2013
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on March 31, 2013 in an interview on 'Fox News Sunday':
Says "94 percent of (Marco Rubio's) constituents support a universal background check."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 2, 2013
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on April 1, 2013 in an opinion colulmn.:
Says the president of the University of Texas has raised four-year student graduation rates to 75 percent.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 19, 2013 in Americans for Prosperity-Florida rally:
"Almost 1,000 people a day" are moving to Florida "because they are more free here than they are in some other states."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 1, 2013 in a press release jointly issued with U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.:
"Only three in 10 Texas doctors are currently accepting new Medicaid patients."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 1, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 28, 2013 in an email:
College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on February 12, 2013 in in reaction to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.:
Says U.S. greenhouse gas "emissions are at 20-year lows."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 1, 2013
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