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Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on November 13, 2012 in a budget meeting:
Says, "In the last four years we’ve cut $36 million in ongoing revenue."
False
By Janie Har • December 15, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 11, 2012 in a news conference:
Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
Half-True
December 14, 2012
Sherry Sylvester
Sherry Sylvester
stated on December 2, 2012 in an opinion column.:
Says personal-injury trial lawyers "have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the Texas Democratic Party for over a decade."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 14, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:
"Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
True
By Tom Feran • December 14, 2012
Pew Environment Group
Pew Environment Group
stated on December 11, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:
"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 14, 2012
Robert Singer
Robert Singer
stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor:
"More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • December 13, 2012
Juan Hernández
Juan Hernández
stated on November 8, 2012 in a Dallas Morning News blog post:
Says Texas passed a state ‘Dream Act’ before any other state.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • December 12, 2012
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on December 3, 2012 in a news release:
Says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore "voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history" and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy."
Half-True
December 12, 2012
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on December 6, 2012 in a press release:
The increase in the current state budget was greater than the inflation rate and the rate of population growth in Georgia.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • December 12, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau:
Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."
True
By Tom Feran • December 12, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 27, 2012 in a chain email.:
Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2012
Our Oregon
Our Oregon
stated on December 4, 2012 in a blog post.:
Says that "the state spends more money on tax giveaways than it receives in tax collection."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 10, 2012
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 23, 2012 in a statement.:
"The Agriculture Department estimates that roughly 42 percent of the corn crop will be used to make ethanol -- more than the amount of corn used to feed livestock and poultry in the United States."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • December 10, 2012
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC’s Jansing and Co. :
Social Security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • December 10, 2012
Marina Dimitrijevic
Marina Dimitrijevic
stated on November 14, 2012 in an interview:
Milwaukee County government employees pay "much more" for their health care than City of Milwaukee or State of Wisconsin employees.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 9, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey."
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 9, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on December 1, 2012 in a newspaper interview:
"The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
True
By John Hill • December 9, 2012
Ken Detzner
Ken Detzner
stated on November 9, 2012 in a CNN interview:
November 2012 was "a record year of turnout. More people voted before Election Day using absentee ballots and voting early than ever before in our history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference:
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
True
By Joe Guillen • December 7, 2012
Alex Wan
Alex Wan
stated on December 3, 2012 in a resolution:
"The city of Atlanta has one of the highest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations per capita, ranking third among major American cities."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • December 7, 2012
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