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Rick Perry says "The number of uninsured people in Massachusetts is about the same as it was when the mandates were passed in 2006."

false statement

a column

Jerry Patterson says Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent since Texas passed concealed-gun permit law.

true statement

an online campaign video

Rachel Campos Duffy says Upwards of 90 percent of women seeking an abortion decide not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound.

false statement

an interview

Newt Gingrich says We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor.

false statement

a Twitter post

Ron Paul says "If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."

true statement

a <i>Meet the Press</i> interview

Tom Barrett says Scott Walker wants to ban common forms of birth control, including the pill.

true statement

a campaign TV ad

Roy Blunt says Jason Kander supports [Obamas] plan to bring the remaining suspected terrorists to U.S. soil.

false statement

a petition against President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay

Chris Thomas says Shelby County donated Im sorry, gave 44 schools to the city of Memphis.

true statement

a Shelby County Commission meeting.

Lindsey Graham says Top U.S. intelligence officials have toldevery member of Congress, including the president, were about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq.

true statement

comments on "Fox News Sunday"

Barney Simms says Have the suburbs been inundated with former residents of Atlanta housing projects? Absolutely not.

true statement

a letter

Chain Email says In July 1996, Mitt Romney helped locate the missing teenage daughter of a partner at Bain Capital.

true statement

a chain e-mail and blog and Facebook posts

National Republican Congressional Committee says Blames Mike McIntyre and Nancy Pelosi for the second straight year of no cost-of-living increases for Social Security beneficiaries.

true statement

a campaign commerical

Rush Limbaugh says The government is going to have the right to get into your bank account with the health care bill and make transfers without you knowing it.

true statement

his radio program

Andrew Napolitano says "There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately."

true statement

comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show

Marco Rubio says The American people support defunding Obamacare and oppose shutting down the government.

true statement

a press release

Marco Rubio says Report that #GOP insisting on changes to Social Security as part of #fiscalcliff false. BTW those changes are supported by @barackobama.

true statement

in a tweet

Joyce Kaufman says Nobody has played clips over and over ...of President Obama (saying), If they bring a knife to the fight, well bring a gun.

true statement

a radio show

Christopher Plante says The people of Rhode Island dont want same-sex marriage.

false statement

a television interview

Gerry Connolly says Rep. Paul Ryans Medicare plan lines the pockets of the private insurance companies, increases costs for seniors and does not reduce the deficit.

true statement

a press release.

Dave Weldon says This year in Congress (Connie Mack IV) has missed almost half of his votes.

true statement

a robocall

Jeb Bush says 1/3 of our kids drop out (of high school), cannot go to college or start a career.

true statement

a fundraising letter

Rachel Maddow says Not even old Gen. Eisenhower saluted military personnel as president.

true statement

her book "Drift"

George Will says If Wisconsins governor cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, it would still leave (workers) better off than their private sector counterparts.

true statement

ABC's "This Week"

John Garamendi says You cant get on an airplane, but more than 2,000 people on that list have been able to buy a gun.

true statement

a speech.

Donna Edwards says 74 percent of Republicans support the Affordable Care Act.

false statement

a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"

Peter Kilmartin says For every $1 spent on afterschool programs, we can save over $5, almost $6, in crime costs down the line.

true statement

a speech at the state Democratic convention

Roger Williams says The federal government has $3 trillion in cash flow, so we can pay our bills and wont default.

true statement

an interview as quoted in a news story

Republican Party Florida says Alex Sink failed Florida homeowners by using predatory lending practices.

false statement

a YouTube video

Marco Rubio says Over 40 percent of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out since Dodd-Frank has passed.

true statement

the first GOP primary debate.

David Dewhurst says You cant check out a library book without a photo ID.

true statement

an interview.

Joshua Feuerstein says that Starbucks took Christmas off of their brand new cups.

false statement

a video

Bill Belichick says Atmospheric conditions could push a footballs pressure down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch.

true statement

a news conference

Ted Cruz says Hillary Clinton supports unlimited abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, including partial-birth abortion, with taxpayer funding.

false statement

responding to an audience member's question at the Texas Tribune Festival.

Associated Press says Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are legal refugees could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.

true statement

article

Joe Biden says We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration, adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year.

true statement

a news conference

Josh Mandel says The STAR Ohio fund just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive.

true statement

an email to supporters

Nathan Deal says Taxpayers are on the hook ... for less than a third of the proposed new Atlanta Falcons stadium, and those funds are repaid from money that comes from outsiders.

true statement

a television interview

Barack Obama says In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005.

true statement

the State of the Union address

Rick Perry says Every year, more than $40 million are leaving Missouri for the Lone Star State.

true statement

a radio ad

Bill Clinton says A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down.

true statement

a campaign speech

John Boehner says The House of Representatives has never passed a resolution of disapproval to condemn a member's behavior.

true statement

a floor speech

Barack Obama says We are younger than our competitors, and this is entirely because of immigration.

true statement

a speech to business leaders

Chip Rogers says Recent international reports show the United States near the bottom among industrialized nations for k-12 academic achievement.

true statement

a town hall meeting

Alan Grayson says 24 million people in this country cant find a full-time job, 50 million cant see a doctor when theyre sick, 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home.

true statement

appearance on Bill Maher show on Oct. 7, 2011

Julius Jones says The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration.

true statement

an interview on MSNBC

Mike Huckabee says he raised average family income by 50 percent during his tenure as Arkansas governor.

true statement

a video

John Kasich says They tried to give us $400 million to build a high-speed train that goes 39 miles an hour.

true statement

a CNN interview

National Association Manufacturers says the CBO estimates that fully extending the Bush tax cuts would add 600,000-1.4 million jobs in 2011 and 900,000-2.7 million jobs in 2012.

true statement

a statement

Barack Obama says President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times. George W. Bush did it seven times.

true statement

a televised address

Chris Hayes says According to David Cay Johnston, the average American pays about 22 percent of their income to federal taxes. The richest 400 Americans pay about 16 percent of their income to federal taxes.

true statement

an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"

Barack Obama says Most young Americans right now, theyre not covered by health insurance.

false statement

a Funnyordie.com "Between Two Ferns" interview with Zach Galifianakis

Bernie S says In 1952, the corporate income tax accounted for 33 percent of all federal tax revenue. Today, despite record-breaking profits, corporate taxes bring in less than 9 percent.

true statement

a meme on social media

Rick Perry says Over the last 10 years, Texas created 33 percent of the net new jobs nationwide.

true statement

an advertisement

Progress Texas says two-thirds of groups targeted for IRS scrutiny were not conservative.

false statement

a tweet

Ben Carson says In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And thats where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin.

false statement

an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer

Bill White says Last week the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), led by Rick Perrys appointee, voted to remove Thomas Jefferson from social studies textbook standards. Thats right. Thomas Jefferson... was deleted from a list of historical figures who inspired political change.

true statement

an e-mail

Dinesh Dsouza says As a U.S. senator with salary and perks, ‪#Bernie‬ is in the top 1 percent, but still paid only 13 percent in taxes last year.

true statement

a Facebook post

Joe Biden says "You know we can't just pull out now... The truth of the matter is: If we started today, it would take one year, one year to get 160,000 troops physically out of Iraq, logistically."

true statement

CNN/YouTube debate in Charleston, S.C.

Bernie S says From 2013-2015, the richest 14 Americans increased their net wealth by more than $157 billion, yet the Republican budget would not require these Americans to contribute one penny to deficit reduction.

true statement

a Tweet

Bill Foster says that while Foster was mayor, Rick Kriseman was ineffective in the Florida House of Representatives because there was no legislation that passed the House that had (Krisemans) name on it.

true statement

a mayoral forum

Rachel Maddow says Texas routinely gets a lot more federal spending than it pays in taxes.

true statement

an episode of The Rachel Maddow Show.

Ken Legler says Cell phone numbers go public this month.

false statement

Facebook and Twitter posts

Milwaukee Police Association says it has offered $12 million in savings through 2011 and $184 million in savings over the next 25 years in contract negotiations with the City of Milwaukee.

true statement

a newspaper ad

Clackamas County Commission says Clackamas County Commissioners approved a re-negotiated agreement to lower the countys contribution to TriMets Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project to $19.9 million from $25 million.

false statement

a press release

Scott Henson says Texas has 11 different felonies you can commit with an oyster.

true statement

an interview.

Bob Mcdonnell says The Obama administration is unwinding our nations welfare-to-work requirements.

false statement

an op-ed.

Don Francis says Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.

true statement

an interview with Watchdog.org

Dwight Jones says The Redskins Training Camp deal generated $40 million in new private investment in the city.

true statement

a speech

Organizing America says The GOP budget plan would cut nearly a million jobs.

true statement

a Tweet.

Rick Santorum says There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country.

true statement

an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

Chris Wallace says Hillary Clinton defended Syrias President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that countrys civil war.

true statement

comments on "Fox News Sunday"

Save Americas Postal Service says The Postal Services financial losses result from a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue, while the Postal Service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts.

true statement

a television ad

Lloyd Doggett says As many as six federal department budget bills have been delayed because of opposition to amendments that would ban Confederate battle flag sales at federal building gift shops.

true statement

remarks in San Antonio

Rob Cornilles says Shes voted for 60 tax increases, hurting the middle class and small businesses.

false statement

Frank Guinta says Now, in the House of Representatives, we have 40 different jobs bills that have passed and almost all of them have been bipartisan.

true statement

a statement made after he filed for re-election at the N.H. Secretary of State’s office.

Facebook Posts says Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: Its time for you to die and let the next generation have your spot on the planet.

false statement

a meme supposedly quoting Sheila Jackson Lee

Cory Mason says Republican (small business tax cut) bill spends $80 million for better Google searches, not job creation

true statement

a news release

Dan Kaufman says A 2013 state law would allow the operator of an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin to fill in pristine streams and ponds with mine waste.

true statement

an opinion article

Donald Trump says America is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world.

true statement

the 2016 Republican National Convention

Larry Elder says If black America were a country, itd be the 15th wealthiest nation in the world.

false statement

comments on CNN

Dale Kooyenga says Since Republicans took over after the 2010 election, the graduation rate in Wisconsin has gone from 86 percent to 88 percent. The black graduation rate has gone from 60 percent to 65 percent. The Latino graduation rate has gone from 65 percent to 71 percent.

true statement

Terry Mcauliffe says It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows.

true statement

an executive order.

Barack Obama says "2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."

true statement

a speech at the White House.

Dan Gelber says Florida teachers are "already paid $5,000 below the national average."

true statement

a letter posted on his campaign Web site.

New Hampshire Democratic Party says Since Rick Perry became governor, Texas has gone from 46th in the country to 50th in the population that graduates from high school.

true statement

an interview with the 'Telegraph.'

Mary Nolan says Amanda Fritz manages less than 5 percent of city operations.

true statement

a debate.

Jim Steineke says The streetcar project planned by Mayor Tom Barrett would be a 1900s style trolley.

true statement

a tweet

Michelle Rhee says Americans, in the last 30 years, have more than doubled the amount of money we are spending per child (on education) and the results have gotten worse, not better.

true statement

talking to Florida legislators.

Joe Gibbons says Polls show that Floridians dont want to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

true statement

comments on the House floor

Steve Rothman says Congressman Bill Pascrell voted to remove the public option from the Affordable Health Care Act.

false statement

an interview on NJToday

Mary Margaret Oliver says Lawmakers were paid for their off-season efforts to, for the first time, take the lead in drawing borders for two would-be cities.

true statement

a House floor debate

Wendy Davis says Greg Abbott and his surrogates have referred to women who have been the victims of rape or incest as though somehow what they are confronting is a minor issue.

false statement

speaking to reporters

Mark Warner says On offshore drilling for energy

true statement

Drug Free America says Under a proposed medical marijuana amendment in Florida, you dont get refills -- you get it forever.

true statement

a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial meeting

Chain Email says A data-storing microchip "would be implanted in the majority of people who opt to become covered by the public health care option."

false statement

a widely circulated e-mail

David Cicilline says Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.

true statement

a fundraising letter

Chuck Grassley says "I haven't missed a vote since 1993."

true statement

a conference call

Ted Wheeler says the treasurers office has saved $37 million in management costs for the oversight of public investments.

true statement

campaign website

Herb Garrett says Georgia will send more state money per child to state charter schools and that budget cuts are not applied to those charter schools.

true statement

a letter

Vincent Buddy Cianci says Jorge Elorza wants to impose a municipal income tax.

false statement

a radio interview