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Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 in a speech.:
"Over the last 20 years, the world has changed. It used to be that one could make a career out of working for one company. Today, the average worker stays at his or her job for barely four years."
Mostly False
March 12, 2013
Jackie Dingfelder
Jackie Dingfelder
stated on March 4, 2013 in a floor speech:
Says, "I-205, six miles of which runs through my district, already carries more traffic than I-5."
True
By Christian Gaston • March 12, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 7, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball:
"We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use."
False
By Becky Bowers • March 11, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on February 21, 2013 in Senate Education Committee hearing:
Says 100,000 are on waiting list to attend Texas charter schools.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • March 11, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 5, 2013 in remarks on first day of session:
The Legislature needs to spend $500 million to "shore up" the pension fund this year and the next 28 years to keep it "afloat."
Half-True
March 11, 2013
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on March 1, 2013 in a TV interview:
Research found that "over the course of the existence of the Brady Bill ban, the use of assault weapons in crimes decreased by two thirds."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 11, 2013
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on February 26, 2013 in a meeting:
The Georgia Senate ethics resolution "doesn't define cap."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 20, 2013 in a television interview:
"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
True
By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013
Vicki McKenna
Vicki McKenna
stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio talk show broadcast:
A proposed ban on hollow-point bullets and bullets that expand upon impact "essentially bans deer hunting."
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • March 10, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on March 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donell":
"Governor Christie, his idea of jumpstarting the economy is to propose a trickle-down income tax cut last year and in his budget address this year, he stated his support for it again."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • March 10, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on March 4, 2013 in an online ad:
Says "Kurt Schrader supports Obama’s sequester … but won’t cut $1.6 million to fund new video games."
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • March 10, 2013
Christopher Blazejewski
Christopher Blazejewski
stated on February 28, 2013 in a news release:
"In 32 other states and Washington D.C., they [voters] can avoid the wait by voting before Election Day."
True
By Michael McKinney • March 10, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 5, 2013 in a speech:
Florida is "second in the nation in the uninsured."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2013
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on March 8, 2013 in :
On raising taxes.
Full Flop
March 8, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on March 5, 2013 in a tweet:
Says Jeb Bush "flip-flop-flip(ped) on immigration."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 8, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2013 in a speech:
"In Wisconsin, only half of all the adults with serious psychological distress received mental health treatment or medication."
Mostly True
March 8, 2013
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on February 13, 2013 in news story:
Says the Georgia Dome would need up to $350 million in work over the next five to seven years.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • March 8, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 in a tweet:
"The president is advocating a drone strike program in America."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 in a Senate filibuster speech:
"When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2013
Dan Ramos
Dan Ramos
stated on February 19, 2013 in a news release :
Under Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposal, "the top one percent in Ohio will pay $10,000 less in income tax each year, but Ohio’s working and middle class families will pay more."
Half-True
By Brandon Blackwell • March 7, 2013
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