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Roy Cooper says In 67 different ways, Governor McCrory has raised taxes on middle income families.

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a debate

Rick Santorum says Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare.

true statement

a television ad

Chain Email says Texas voters are being asked to act this November on a proposed constitutional amendment affecting property taxes.

false statement

a chain e-mail.

Friends Voter Owned Elections says Its hard to get people in Portland to vote yes on ballot measures, especially when theres opposition.

true statement

a statement

Donald Trump says The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me.

false statement

a tweet

Monica Wehby says Some businesses in Oregon are having to shrink back their businesses as a result of the law.

true statement

a town meeting in La Grande

Rush Limbaugh says 11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land in the United States bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument.

false statement

a radio show broadcast

David Dewhurst says We spend more money on health care per capita in the United States than any other country in the world. Of the 30 developed countries in the world, we spend 2 1/2 times more than the average. Of the country that spends the second most per capita, Switzerland, we spend 175 percent more.

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an editorial board meeting with the Austin American-Statesman

Hillary Clinton says I have 2 and a half million more votes than he (Sanders) does.

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an interview on ABC's "the View"

Mitt Romney says On abortion

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various statements

Chain Email says Members of Congress receive full pay retirement after serving one term.

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a message via the Internet

Mitt Romney says he worked with the Democratic legislature to balance spending with revenues so that at the end of my four-year term, the rainy day fund was established at more than $2 billion.

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a speech to a Manchester, N.H. Rotary club

Americans United Life says In 2010 alone, 1,270 infants were reported to have died following attempted abortions and notably that is only one year.

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a committee hearing on SB 1636

Rod Monroe says the No. 2 cause of death in the U.S. (for) women under 50 is being killed by their spouse or domestic partner.

false statement

a floor speech.

Ed Fitzgerald says Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while theyre paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores.

true statement

a campaign speech

Joel Keehn says The hour of sleep you lose during the change to daylight saving time might initially pose some health risks.

true statement

a blog

Jack Kingston says David Perdue said hed raise taxes.

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television ad

Miriam Martinez says I am the first Latina to run for governor of Texas.

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her campaign website

Mark Johnson says Every legislative district in the state has at least one craft brewery and countless home brewers.

false statement

a floor speech

Alberta Darling says Wisconsins criminal threshold for drunken-driving is way out of line with states surrounding us, which have the second offense as a felony.

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legislative testimony

Ted Strickland says In Ohio, we invested in our children, raising school funding by 5.5 percent in the last budget.

false statement

a campaign speech

Dan Micciche says The poverty level in the Dallas school district is one of the highest in the country, higher than New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and Newark.

true statement

an opinion article in the Dallas Morning News.

Joe Biden says in the last six months of the Bush administration, the U.S. lost 3.5 million jobs, including 760,000 jobs during January 2009 alone.

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a speech at Keene State College

Sean Hannity says In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, nobody got upset.

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remarks on Fox's Hannity

John Depetro says For the past eight years, Gov. Carcieri and Mrs. Carcieri would host the lighting of the State House Christmas tree.

false statement

a talk-show discussion

Sheldon Whitehouse says Rhode Island has the the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States.

true statement

a speech

Wisconsin Jobs Now says Demond Means, turnaround district superintendent for Milwaukee Public Schools, said the district needs to be gutted.

false statement

a Facebook posting.

Randy Forbes says Virginia RepublicanScott Taylor has been convicted in at least four different courts across the country, at times failing to even appear, and having a warrant issued for his arrest.

true statement

a campaign flier

Wayne Thorburn says Nearly 90% of Travis County government races will be settled by the time of the Democratic primary.

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an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman

Donald Trump says Mahatma Gandhi once said, First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

false statement

an Instagram meme

Todd Staples says Savings that I achieved helped fund cameras on the border. As a result, more than 21,500 arrests have been made and 46 tons of narcotics confiscated.

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a campaign email blast

Tom Coburn says "The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff."

true statement

comments to reporters

Barbara Buono says the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since 1964.

true statement

a speech on the Senate floor

Michele Bachmann says The IRS will have the ability potentially to deny or delay health care.

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an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren

Rich Zipperer says Deregulation of the states telecommunications industry will create 50,000 jobs in Wisconsin.

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interviews and testimony about the bill

Donald Trump says We admit about 100,000 permanent immigrants from the Middle East every year.

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a speech in Youngstown, Ohio

Family Forward Oregon says paid family leave is a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world.

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a flier

Mark Miller says Nearly 14,000 Wisconsinites have lost their job since Governor Walker and the Republicans took over in January.

false statement

a news release

Rick Santorum says in the last 20 years, the French have not stood by the United States on foreign policy.

false statement

a campaign event

Barack Obama says For the average middle-class family, your taxes today are lower than when I took office.

true statement

a speech in Scranton, Pa.

George Lemieux says "There's more than 100,000 people working at the Department of Agriculture. That's 1 employee for every 30 farmers."

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a meeting with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.

Viral Image says Attorney General Loretta Lynch was a member of Bill Clintons defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe.

false statement

a posting on Twitter

Social Media says thousands at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back.

false statement

a viral Tweet

Barack Obama says Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work."

true statement

a television ad

Facebook Posts says Mitt Romney is wrong to claim that spending under Obama has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history, because its actually risen slower than at any time in nearly 60 years.

true statement

on the Internet

Reince Priebus says President Barack Obama promised a pathway to citizenship to undocumented immigrants and didnt deliver jack squat on any of it.

true statement

an interview

Kevin De Leon says California has robust job growth that outpaces the rest of the nation.

true statement

a press release

Bob Mcdonnell says "The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household."

true statement

the Republican response to the State of the Union

Alex Sink says "The minute this proposal for near-beach oil drilling came up, I was against it."

true statement

a speech

Dan Kaufman says The proposed Gogebic mine in northern Wisconsin could be extended as long as 21 miles.

true statement

an opinion article

Susana Martinez says The Richardson-Denish administration gave 50,000 drivers licenses to illegal immigrants in New Mexico.

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a campaign ad

Henry Cuellar says If youre a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if youre from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries then you can stay in the United States.

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

Robert Menendez says the United States actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949.

true statement

a video posted on YouTube

Deborah Ross says Richard Burr was one of only three senators who voted against a ban on insider trading for members of Congress. And he called that vote brave.

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a debate

Blog Posting says Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple

false statement

a headline on the website NewsExaminer

Glenford Shibley says Rhode Island is the only state where officers at state-supported [colleges] carry out their duties unarmed.

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a news release

Joseph Kyrillos says the United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the world.

true statement

a debate on NJTV

Hillary Clinton says It was allowed, referring to her email practices.

false statement

an interview on ABC

Judd Gregg says "The law is very clear! 'The monies recouped from the TARP shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury for the reduction of the public debt.'"

true statement

a Senate budget hearing

Donald Trump says Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants.

false statement

a speech in Philadelphia

Barack Obama says Paul Ryan tried to change the whole game for Social Security

true statement

a radio ad

Ted Strickland says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was killing people.

true statement

the U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland

Americans Prosperity Florida says Recent solar energy policies in Georgia have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable.

false statement

a news release

Facebook Posts says President Barack Obamas acceptance of an Islamic order and gold medal was unconstitutional.

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viral posts on the Internet

Lamar Smith says In 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6.5 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border was under full control of the Border Patrol.

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a flier mailed to constituents

Chris Christie says Not one tax has been raised since Ive been governor.

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an interview on the "Ask The Governor" monthly radio call-in program

Ohio Department Transportation says Demand for transportation choice is on the rise, with 14 percent more Ohioans riding passenger trains over the past year.

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a news release

Barry Hinckley says A poll conducted in Egypt revealed that 80 percent of Egyptians oppose receiving foreign aid from the United States.

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a story on 630WPRO.com

Bernie S says We spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation on Earth.

false statement

an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show

Rick Perry says the Texas Education Agency follows up to make sure undocumented immigrants paying in-state tuition at Texas colleges are applying for permanent residency.

false statement

a debate

George Will says 18 states and the District of Columbia have voted Democratic in six consecutive presidential elections.

true statement

comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday"

Joe Barton says Hidden in the healthcare.gov code is language that means users waive any reasonable right to privacy of your personal information.

false statement

a Fox News interview

Jon Kyl says "One of the most recent polls said 75 percent of the American people have said either don't do anything or start over (on health care reform)."

true statement

an interview on Fox News

David Cicilline says Most military experts say there is anywhere between 25 and 30 members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

true statement

a radio interview

Mike Huckabee says "The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government."

true statement

a debate in Boca Raton.

Americans Responsible Solutions says Kelly Ayotte stands with the Washington gun lobby. They fund her campaigns.

true statement

an ad

Barack Obama says Barack Obama's network of small donors constitutes a "parallel public financing system."

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Washington, D.C.

Peter Palumbo says In Cranston, it costs $5,000 to $6,000 to send out community notifications on just one Level 3 sex offender.

false statement

a House Finance Committee hearing

Bettylou Decroce says While the countrys economy was battered, nine states with no income tax actually grew jobs from 2001 to 2010.

true statement

n opinion column in the Gloucester County Times

Marco Rubio says The United States is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines.

false statement

a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit

Ted Cruz says Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance.

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a roundtable with Texas businesses

Chris Christie says They say teachers only make on averagein New Jersey 60,000 dollars a year.They only work 180 days.

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a speech at Notre Dame's law school

Roy Barnes says I can put 10,000 people to work. Electricians, plumbers, sheet metal workers -- by retrofitting all of the state buildings for energy independence or efficiency.

true statement

a campaign ad

Hank Johnson says Exporters are using a federal loophole to deceptively sell products made from cat and dog fur to U.S. consumers.

true statement

a statement

Carla Smith says The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.

true statement

a meeting

Winning Our Future says Mitt Romneys and Bain Capitals profits from KB Toys, which later went out of business, were described by the Boston Herald as disgusting.

true statement

the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"

Pat Mccrory says Roy Coopers refusal to do his job is costing taxpayers money.

true statement

a press release

Mike Pence says In exchange for five minutes with Bill Clinton, the government of Qatar was going to give $1 million to the Clinton Foundation.

true statement

comments on "Meet the Press"

Charlie Crist says "Speaker Rubio supported gun restrictions that included background checks and waiting periods."

true statement

a news release

Don Zimmerman says Salaries of Austin residents who dont work for city government have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years.

true statement

an Austin City Council meeting

Michael Savage says She (Kagan) took money from Goldman Sachs just like her boss, Obama.

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his website

Betsy Miller Jones says Did you know that in 2013 over 50 percent of all babies born in Oregon were Hispanic?

false statement

a newsletter

Ted Strickland says We are one of only two states to have eight consecutive months of declining unemployment. Twenty-one states had increased unemployment last month. Ours went down.

true statement

an interview with The Plain Dealer

Chain Email says Barack Obama wants to "unilaterally disarm our nation."

false statement

a chain e-mail

Kay Bailey Hutchison says On an earmark moratorium.

false statement

a statement

Marvin Pratt says Milwaukees problems include 52 percent black male unemployment.

false statement

a TV interview

Rob Cornilles says Rob Cornilles has disputed for two years a news story that said he said he would cut Social Security and Medicare programs before trimming the U.S. defense budget.

true statement

a debate

Dean Wright says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings.

false statement

a newspaper article.

Sharron Angle says Harry Reid has voted to give special tax breaks to illegal aliens.

false statement

a campaign commerical

David Simas says Job growth in the United States is now at the fastest pace in this countrys history.

false statement

an interview on CNN's "New Day"