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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 in a State of the State speech:
"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2013
James Florio
James Florio
stated on February 16, 2013 in an interview on Governors' Perspective:
"We have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. That’s almost as big as the population."
True
By Caryn Shinske • March 7, 2013
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on February 26, 2013 in a news release:
"Rhode Island could tell you who has a camper, but we couldn't figure out who has a gun."
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • March 7, 2013
Al Cardenas
Al Cardenas
stated on March 1, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe:
Of $60 billion Congress approved in response to Hurricane Sandy, "only 10 percent was for disaster relief."
False
By Becky Bowers • March 6, 2013
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on February 18, 2013 in an opinion article.:
Says if Oregon had limited its budget growth to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation, the state’s all-funds budget would be about $27 billion today, not $60 billion.
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 6, 2013
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on February 10, 2013 in an interview for WFAA-TV's "Inside Texas Politics.":
Says Texas has the most uninsured people of any state -- 6 million.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 6, 2013
Council for the National Interest
Council for the National Interest
stated on February 12, 2013 in a billboard:
The United States gives $8 million a day to Israel and gives that country a blank check.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 6, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 in his State of the State speech:
A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 in a memo 'pre-butting' the State of the State address:
Says Gov. Rick Scott cut more government jobs than were created in the private sector in Florida in 2012.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 in a press release:
Says Rick Scott called education not a "core function" of the state.
False
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013
John Roberts
John Roberts
stated on February 27, 2013 in a Supreme Court oral argument:
"Do you know which state has the worst ratio of white voter turnout to African-American voter turnout? Massachusetts. Do you know what has the best, where African-American turnout actually exceeds white turnout? Mississippi."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 in his State of the State address:
Says his proposed education spending "is the highest state funding level in Florida history."
Half-True
March 5, 2013
Jeffrey Loria
Jeffrey Loria
stated on February 24, 2013 in an ad:
The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013
Paul Howard
Paul Howard
stated on February 17, 2013 in a news story:
"In Atlanta, since 1994 when the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ (mandatory minimum sentences) took effect, the violent crime rate has dropped 62 percent."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • March 5, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 3, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":
"There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • March 4, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 13, 2013 in a speech:
Two-thirds of Wisconsinites receiving unemployment checks "are not required to search for work due to current work search exemptions."
Mostly True
March 4, 2013
Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on January 16, 2013 in a press release :
New Hampshire is currently the only state in the nation that does not have a full-service veterans hospital or equivalent access.
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • March 4, 2013
Sondy Pope
Sondy Pope
stated on February 18, 2013 in a news release:
Under Gov. Scott Walker’s public-school budgets, "a student entering kindergarten will not enjoy the same state investment in his or her education as those that came before them until they are graduating from high school."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 3, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the New Jersey Legislature:
"Since January 2010, New Jersey has added 103,000 new private sector jobs. The last two years -- 2011 and 2012 -- have been the best two years of private sector job growth since 1999."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • March 3, 2013
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio interview:
"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 3, 2013
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