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Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on January 3, 2013 in her inauguration speech becoming NH governor:
We have the fourth highest in-state tuition for public universities in the country.
True
By Jake Berry • January 25, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 7, 2013 in a Facebook post.:
"The last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country’s bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2013
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
stated on January 17, 2013 in in a video:
Says U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., celebrates gun ownership even in the face of school shootings.
Pants on Fire!
By Janel Davis • January 25, 2013
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 21, 2013 in an interview on Fox News:
The tax penalty that the government imposes if you don't buy health insurance "is lower than it would have cost to buy insurance."
True
By Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 5, 2012 in a news conference.:
Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.
False
January 24, 2013
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 18, 2013 in an interview:
The Milwaukee County Board’s staff grew from four workers to 38 over four decades and now costs taxpayers "a lot more," while the total county workforce was more than cut in half in the same period.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 24, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview on bluejersey.com:
Says Chris Christie’s plan "to kick-start our economy" is to propose an "income tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy, and...he's still proposing it."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • January 24, 2013
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on January 8, 2013 in a news release:
Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • January 24, 2013
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on January 15, 2013 in an MSNBC interview:
"Even members of the NRA, when they were polled recently, were under the impression that everyone has a criminal background check."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • January 23, 2013
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 7, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Poverty levels (are) at an all-time high."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2013
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on January 12, 2013 in an interview with The Associated Press.:
Says Texas will be "majority Hispanic in six years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2013
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on January 2, 2013 in a news release:
"Wind powers nearly 13 million homes across the country."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 23, 2013
Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview:
"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 23, 2013
Mike Polensek
Mike Polensek
stated on January 15, 2013 in a television interview:
"It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity."
True
By Tom Feran • January 23, 2013
Pink Slip Rick
Pink Slip Rick
stated on January 17, 2013 in social media posts:
Says Rick Scott’s proposal for election reform "only mandates 48 hours of early voting."
Mostly True
January 22, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 18, 2013 in a TV interview:
Says his elections proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which I think is the most we’ve ever had."
True
January 22, 2013
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on December 18, 2012 in a twitter post:
Social Security has nothing to do with the federal deficit.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • January 22, 2013
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 14, 2013 in his State of the State Address.:
Says "in this next biennium, the cost of primary and secondary education is going to increase by more that $1000 per student. Half of that $1000 – $500 per student – is accounted for by the increased cost of PERS alone."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • January 21, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 15, 2013 in a discussion with black lawmakers:
Says a recent study shows Florida students are second in the world in fourth grade reading, behind Singapore.
Mostly True
January 21, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech:
"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 21, 2013
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