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Zell Miller
Zell Miller
stated on December 11, 2012 in an op-ed:
"[T]he Georgia Dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of Georgia."
False
By Eric Stirgus • December 21, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on December 12, 2012 in a tweet:
Says Charlie Crist and Missouri Rep. Todd Akin "hold same abortion views. No exception except the life of the mother."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2012
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on December 13, 2012 in legislative testimony.:
Says the Nike bill "is not a tax break ... this does not lower the taxes that Nike will pay nor does it prevent the Legislature from raising those taxes in the future."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 20, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on December 6, 2012 in a news conference.:
Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 20, 2012
Larry Kilgore
Larry Kilgore
stated on November 23, 2012 in a New York Times news story:
Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.
False
By Sue Owen • December 20, 2012
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
stated on December 17, 2012 in a press release:
"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 20, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on December 11, 2012 in a video advertisement:
"I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • December 20, 2012
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 19, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor.:
Says the Senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 19, 2012
Marina Dimitrijevic
Marina Dimitrijevic
stated on November 14, 2012 in a radio interview:
Thanks to actions by the Milwaukee County Board on the 2013 budget, the amount of county taxes on the average home in the city of Milwaukee "would be a $19 decrease."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • December 19, 2012
Dan Saltzman
Dan Saltzman
stated on November 11, 2012 in a television news interview :
Says the Portland Children’s Levy holds its "administrative expenses to less than 5 percent."
True
By Janie Har • December 19, 2012
Texas secession petition
Texas secession petition
stated on November 9, 2012 in the White House's "We the People" petition web site:
Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.
True
By Sue Owen • December 18, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on December 8, 2012 in a weekly newsletter:
"This week the House of Representatives voted to remove the word ‘lunatic’ from federal law."
True
By Amy Sherman • December 17, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 21, 2012 in a letter.:
Says budget savings by reducing pay and benefits for federal employees total $103 billion over 10 years -- more than $50,000 per worker.
True
December 17, 2012
Thomas Ratliff
Thomas Ratliff
stated on December 10, 2012 in an opinion column.:
Says Massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and Finland just one.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 17, 2012
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on December 3, 2012 in a blog post:
"Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website."
False
By James B. Nelson • December 17, 2012
ACLU Foundation of Georgia
ACLU Foundation of Georgia
stated on December 7, 2012 in a press release:
"In the last 15 years, we've witnessed a dramatic expansion in the jailing of immigrants, from about 70,000 people detained annually to about 400,000."
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 17, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on December 2, 2012 in in an interview on CNN’s State of the Union.:
President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal "couldn't get support from either party in the House or the Senate."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • December 17, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 12, 2012 in a speech:
Wisconsin has created "just under 100,000" jobs since he took office.  
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • December 16, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on December 4, 2012 in a press conference in Trenton:
"Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • December 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 5, 2012 in a report:
"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012
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