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David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 26, 2012 in a news release:
"The Doherty Campaign, unlike the Cicilline Campaign, is funded mostly by individual donors -- not the big PACs that Cicilline relies on."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
Our Portland, Our Schools
Our Portland, Our Schools
stated on September 20, 2012 in campaign material:
Says it will cost $220 per square foot in hard construction costs to rebuild Portland Public high schools.
Half-True
By Janie Har • September 29, 2012
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on September 19, 2012 in a press release Sept. 19, 2012:
Says Rep. Charlie Bass, R-NH voted to "raise his own pay" eight times
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 10, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Illinois Democrat David Gill "would end Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
YG Action Fund
YG Action Fund
stated on September 28, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Lois Frankel "took a 40 percent pay raise" as mayor while West Palm Beach "lost jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2012
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on September 17, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Daniel Webster "used taxpayer funds to build a lobbyist lounge."
Mostly False
September 28, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview on "The Daily Show":
Says the government has "gotten the TARP money back plus a profit."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 28, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on September 17, 2012 in a news release:
"Had the online change of address been in place in 2008 an estimated 130,000 voters who cast provisional ballots could have changed their address online and voted a regular ballot."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • September 28, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 11, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview:
Says "you cannot implement Paul Ryan’s plan without allowing for any increases in revenue."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 28, 2012
Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on September 22, 2012 in in a press release.:
"We haven’t passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year."
True
By Michael Collins • September 28, 2012
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on September 13, 2012 in a forum on casino gambling:
"There’s at least 7,500 addicted gamblers in Rhode Island, at least, … it could be as high as 22,000."
Mostly True
By John Hill • September 28, 2012
Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on September 18, 2012 in an ad, “Debt,” released Sept. 18, 2012:
"Tea Party Congressman Frank Guinta voted for billions in cuts to veterans programs."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • September 27, 2012
Yes on 82 and 83 campaign
Yes on 82 and 83 campaign
stated on September 20, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Measures 82 and 83 authorize just one more casino.  
Half-True
By Janie Har • September 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:
"Barack Hussein Obama will … force doctors to assist homosexuals in buying surrogate babies."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on September 26, 2012 in a press release.:
Says Ted Cruz "has pledged to eliminate" the U.S. Department of Education, which would end federal aid to college students.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 27, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper ad:
Says Obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words "endowed by their Creator" when referring to the Declaration of Independence.
False
By Molly Moorhead • September 27, 2012
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