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Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on October 2, 2012 in the U.S. Senate candidate debate at WFAA-TV in Dallas.:
"I never supported" a state income tax for Texas.  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 5, 2012
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on September 25, 2012 in a tweet.:
Says "Portland has higher standards than feds on allowed police use of force."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a presidential debate in Denver:
Says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 27, 2012 in an interview:
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tammy Baldwin supported a federal budget "that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the Obama budget."
False
October 5, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:
Says Paul Ryan’s budget would turn Medicare into a "voucher."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • October 5, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 29, 2012 in a television interview:
"We're up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. We're actually, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in Ohio."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:
Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a debate in Denver:
Because of Obamacare, "over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up -- it's true -- but they've gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years."
False
By J.B. Wogan • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a debate in Denver:
Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."
Half-True
October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in a presidential debate:
Says Obama promised to cut the deficit in half.
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate:
Obama says he’s "put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press”:
"(Barack Obama) says he’s going to reduce the long-term debt and deficit by $4 trillion, doesn’t say how he's going to do it."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • October 4, 2012
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell
stated on October 1, 2012 in a debate.:
Says Eric Cantor voted to assure Congress would be paid if the government shut down and against guaranteeing troops would be paid.
Pants on Fire!
October 4, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 8, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"While Mandel's been busy traveling the country raising campaign money, he hasn't shown up for work."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 4, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on August 31, 2012 in a UNITY PAC press release.:
Says Austin voters can approve seven bond propositions "without raising taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney's plan "calls for a $5 trillion tax cut."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in a debate:
Says Barack Obama "put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
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