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Rob Woodall
stated on January 25, 2013 in a meeting:

"Forty-seven percent of (members of Congress) are millionaires."

True

By Eric Stirgus • February 4, 2013

Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on January 23, 2013 in a website post:

In 2009, the FBI "referred more than 71,000" cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, "but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them."

Half-True

February 3, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on January 22, 2013 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”:

Says "on the state level, we spend less today than Jon Corzine spent in fiscal year 2008, five years later."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • February 3, 2013

Patrick Kennedy
stated on January 8, 2013 in news story:

"Eighty percent of those who have applied for licenses have no cancer, no Parkinson's disease or glaucoma. They have nothing you would associate [with] the use of medical marijuana."

Half-True

By Michael McKinney • February 3, 2013

Central Falls Police Department
stated on January 28, 2013 in a news release:

"Statistics show one male cat can father 420,000 kittens in five years."

Pants on Fire!

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 2, 2013

Earl Blumenauer
stated on December 21, 2012 in in a news release:

Says ending the direct payment farm subsidy program "could save up to $28.4 billion over ten years that could be used to reduce the deficit."

True

By Charles Pope • February 1, 2013

Texas Federation of Republican Women
stated on January 17, 2013 in an approved resolution.:

Says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States.

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2013

Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2013 in a news conference.:

Says his plan to raise car registration to $56 would still leave Virginia with a fee that’s "equal to or lower than most states."

Pants on Fire!

By Sean Gorman • February 1, 2013

Wayne LaPierre
stated on January 30, 2013 in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee:

"As a result of National Rifle Association and other private-sector (safety-education) programs, fatal firearms accidents are at the lowest level in 100 years."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2013 in an interview on PBS:

Says "the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws, almost without exception … have the highest crime rates and the highest murder rates."

False

By Sue Owen • February 1, 2013

Georgia Lottery
stated on January 24, 2013 in on a ticket:

Odds of winning the Monopoly Millionaire instant win game are 1 in 3.27.

True

By Janel Davis • February 1, 2013

Marcy Kaptur
stated on December 19, 2012 in a floor speech in the House of Representatives:

"States have cumulatively cut over $1.8 billion from their mental health services between 2009 and 2011. This is the largest reduction in state mental health services in half a century."

Mostly True

By Sabrina Eaton • February 1, 2013

Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 29, 2013 in a radio interview:

Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support."

Mostly False

By Molly Moorhead • January 31, 2013

Stephen King
stated on January 25, 2013 in a Kindle Single essay, 'Guns':

Says since Australia passed tough gun laws, "homicides by firearm have declined almost 60 percent."

Mostly True

By Becky Bowers • January 31, 2013

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 25, 2013 in a radio interview:

"I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls.

Mostly False

January 31, 2013

Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor:

Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • January 31, 2013

Sherrod Brown
stated on January 1, 2013 in a news release:

Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."

Half-True

By Stephen Koff • January 31, 2013

Thomas Lindsay
stated on January 12, 2013 in an opinion column.:

"Approximately 43 percent of all college grades today are A's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2013

Greg Abbott
stated on January 3, 2013 in a tweet:

Says according to the FBI, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.

True

By Sue Owen • January 30, 2013

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on January 24, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:

"Today, about 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check."

Half-True

By Molly Moorhead • January 30, 2013

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