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Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 17, 2012 in the Florida U.S. Senate debate:
Says Bill Nelson voted to cut $700 billion out of Medicare to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in debate comments:
Says Barack Obama has pension investments that include Chinese firms, and "investments through a Caymans trust."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says his administration put more border patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border than at "any time in history, and the flow of undocumented workers across the border is actually lower than it's been in 40 years."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney suggested that "employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage."
True
By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Rob Zerban
Rob Zerban
stated on October 4, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Paul Ryan’s budget plan "ends Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
October 17, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Sherrod Brown "failed to pay his own taxes three separate times."
True
By Tom Feran • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Barack Obama began his presidency "with an apology tour."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says President Obama waited two weeks to call the attack in Libya "terror."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney refused to say whether he'd sign the Lilly Ledbetter bill.
Mostly True
October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in in a town-hall debate in Long Island, N.Y.:
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"
True
By Stephen Koff, Molly Moorhead • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
"Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Obama broke his promise to offer a comprehensive immigration bill in his first year.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 8, 2012 in an ad:
Says Patrick Murphy is trying to "hide his drunken assault of a police officer."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 2, 2012 in an ad:
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.:
Paul Ryan "cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 1, 2012 in news release:
The  Georgia Department of Economic Development assisted with the creation of 28,776 jobs, an increase of 29 percent from last fiscal year, and $5.97 billion in investments, a 32 percent increase.  
Half-True
By Janel Davis • October 16, 2012
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 9, 2012 in a debate:
"Under the Obama administration, we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 16, 2012
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel
stated on September 21, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Adam Hasner "gives the wealthy tax breaks worth $250,000 a year but hikes middle class taxes $2,000."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2012
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