Statements we say are Mostly False

President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal "couldn't get support from either party in the House or the Senate."

Social Security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.

Says Ovide Lamontagne wants to eliminate kindergarten.

Says Charlie Bass supports Paul Ryan plan that forces seniors to pay $6,400 a year more for health care so millionaires can pay less in taxes.

Says Maggie Hassan pays zero property taxes on her $500,000 home.

Ann McLane Kuster is "for a government takeover of health care more radical than Obamacare. And she supports a $700 billion cut to Medicare for current retirees."

Says U.S. Rep. Charles Bass wants to privatize Social Security.

Frank Guinta voted to make middle class taxpayers pay over a $1,000 more a year in taxes.

"Tea Party Congressman Frank Guinta voted for billions in cuts to veterans programs."

"Your Congressman, Charlie Bass, took over $166,000 from Big Oil."

"Bill O'Brien's Tea Party legislature tried to repeal kindergarten and compulsory education, defund Planned Parenthood and eliminate insurance coverage for birth control."

"America used to be the third easiest country to get established in a business. It's now number 17."

Says Rep. Charles Bass "supports privatizing Social Security, risking trillions more on Wall Street."

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

"The latest evidence of Republican success is that since the beginning of the current legislative term, state unemployment has gone down almost 20% to 5% adjusted."

"We spend in tax loopholes annually $1.1 trillion. That's more than we spend on our defense budget in a year, on Medicare or Medicaid in a year."

Says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and ‘profits’ on the loans go to help pay for the health care law.

"The expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts ... would be the biggest tax increase in the history of the country, about $4.6 trillion over 10 years."

Says former U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter refused to host town hall meetings during her time in Congress.

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