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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 8, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney wants to "take away early childhood education, slash K-12 funding, and cut college aid … to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 10, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 in a TV commercial:
Bill Nelson "leased land that he owned for six cows, taking advantage of an agricultural tax loophole to dodge $43,000 in taxes just last year."
Half-True
October 10, 2012
Bill Powers
Bill Powers
stated on September 27, 2012 in his "State of the University" address.:
"We confer more PhDs each year than any other university in America except Berkeley."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 27, 2012 in an interview:
Says Tammy Baldwin supports a law "in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals."
False
October 10, 2012
Steven Teske
Steven Teske
stated on September 18, 2012 in an article:
High school students arrested on campus are twice as likely not to graduate and four times less likely to graduate if they’ve appeared in court.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • October 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 8, 2012 in a campaign event outside Speaker John Boehner press conference in Derry, NH:
Says Mitt Romney plans to "fire" Big Bird.
Pants on Fire!
By Maryalice Gill • October 9, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 25, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Bill Nelson "cast the deciding vote for Obamacare cutting Medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 9, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on September 28, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says she "oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 9, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 in a TV ad:
"This is what President Obama said the jobless rate would be if we passed the stimulus: 5.6 percent."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 9, 2012
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on September 30, 2012 in a news release:
Gov. Nathan Deal "has taken at least $15,600 from the (Koch brothers), their businesses, and their employees."
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 9, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 30, 2012 in a TV interview:
 "Congressman Cicilline, when he was the mayor of Providence, espoused a sanctuary city."
False
By John Hill • October 9, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate:
The federal tax code has "loopholes that are giving incentives for companies that are shipping jobs overseas."
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 25, 2012 in a Web ad:
"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 8, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2012
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell
stated on October 1, 2012 in a debate.:
Eric Cantor "took $5 million from Sheldon Adelson," a Las Vegas casino owner.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • October 8, 2012
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on September 23, 2012 in a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Says Texas lawmakers last year expanded public education’s share of state spending.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2012
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