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David Toscano
David Toscano
stated on January 9, 2013 in a speech.:
Virginia "spends less per student today than we did in 2008."  
True
By Nancy Madsen • January 21, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on January 7, 2013 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:
Abraham Lincoln "visited and some say even danced in (the Ohio Senate) chamber."
True
By Tom Feran • January 21, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on December 13, 2012 in an Austin City Council meeting.:
Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 4, 2013 in a tweet:
"Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 20, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address:
"In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010."
True
By Caryn Shinske • January 20, 2013
Protect Families First
Protect Families First
stated on January 10, 2013 in a news release:
"The average age of first marijuana use is 12."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 20, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech:
Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs."
Half-True
January 19, 2013
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 14, 2013 in in State of the State speech:
"It costs $10,000 a year to keep a child in school; it costs $30,000 a year to keep someone in prison."
True
By Janie Har • January 18, 2013
Mark Shields
Mark Shields
stated on December 21, 2012 in the PBS NewsHour:
Since 1968, "more Americans have died from gunfire than died in … all the wars of this country's history."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 8, 2013 in on Facebook:
In 2011, more people were murdered with knives, "hands or feet" or "clubs and hammers" than with any type of rifle.
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2013
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on January 7, 2013 in a speech on the House floor:
"I am now the No. 2 member of this House in terms of length of service."
True
By Tom Feran • January 18, 2013
College presidents
College presidents
stated on December 19, 2012 in in a letter:
In 2010, 2,694 young people were killed by gunfire. 1,773 were victims of homicide; 67 were elementary school-age children.
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • January 18, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 16, 2013 in his State of the State address:
The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and [it's] the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address:
"Gross income tax receipts are exceeding the Administration’s projections for this fiscal year prior to Sandy."
True
By Caryn Shinske • January 17, 2013
Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus
stated on January 3, 2013 in an online video:
"Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support."
True
By Joe Guillen • January 17, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2013 in a press conference.:
Says Texas public school funding grew three times the rate of enrollment from 2002 to 2012.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2013 in an interview:
The United States has "an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2013
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on December 12, 2012 in a newsletter:
"In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent."
False
January 16, 2013
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on January 10, 2013 in a speech:
U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped.
False
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • January 16, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2013 in a chain email message:
Members of Congress "specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed, such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment" ... (and) from the healthcare reform."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • January 16, 2013
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