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Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on October 24, 2012 in a television commercial:
Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 1, 2012
Democratic Party of Oregon
Democratic Party of Oregon
stated on October 24, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
Says Matt Wand has sided with anti-choice activists "to restrict access to reproductive health care services."
Half-True
By Janie Har • November 1, 2012
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 31, 2012 in at a Romney campaign rally:
An Obama campaign tactic for rallying voters is to "offer them cell phones."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • October 31, 2012
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 26, 2012 in a campaign commercial “Principle” about U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass, R-NH airing in New Hampshire:
Says Charlie Bass supports Paul Ryan plan that forces seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care so millionaires can pay less in taxes.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Maryalice Gill • October 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 16, 2012 in a debate:
"There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs."
True
By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2012
C.W. Bill Young
C.W. Bill Young
stated on October 17, 2012 in a TV commercial:
Says he "opposed $716 billion cut to Medicare."
Half-True
October 30, 2012
Jessica Ehrlich
Jessica Ehrlich
stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV commercial:
Says Bill Young "voted twice for the Ryan budget that ends the current Medicare system."
Half-True
October 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2012 in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University:
"There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 30, 2012
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
stated on October 24, 2012 in in a TV ad:
"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 30, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 24, 2012 in an interview:
Says she voted against the Medicare Part D prescription drug program "because it was unfunded."
False
October 30, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate:
Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law.
Mostly False
October 30, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2012 in a TV ad:
"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."
True
By John Hill • October 30, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate.:
Bill Clinton presided over "the biggest expansion of the American economy since World War II."
Mostly True
October 29, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in a U.S. Senate debate:
Says Connie Mack initially said he would have voted "yes" for the Paul Ryan budget plan, and then, "you said it was stupid and you would vote no. And then your folks corrected you, and you changed your position again, yes."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 29, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on October 16, 2012 in Republican Governor's Association says NH candidate for governor Maggie Hassan pays no taxes:
Says Maggie Hassan pays zero property taxes on her $500,000 home.
Mostly False
By Kevin Landrigan • October 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 26, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
"Women in Barack Obama's White House are earning less than men."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 24, 2012 in a campaign event in New Hampshire:
Says New Jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because Democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • October 29, 2012
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