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Rothman said no to TARP

Bill Pascrell

Bill Pascrell

Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt.

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Thursday, March 29th, 2012

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Not quite a marriage of ideas

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

Says he and President Barack Obama have the same position on gay marriage.

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Sunday, March 25th, 2012

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Cut was really $660 million

John McKeon

John McKeon

Says "the governor took away a billion dollars of rebates, so in real dollars, our property taxes have gone up 20 percent."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Monday, March 19th, 2012

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It’s a credit against income taxes

Stephen Sweeney

Stephen Sweeney

Says "my plan is a property tax cut."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Thursday, March 15th, 2012

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Not true in percentage terms

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

Says private-sector job growth in 2011 "places New Jersey in the top third among all of the states."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Monday, February 27th, 2012

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Blame game ignores recession

Joseph Kyrillos

Joseph Kyrillos

"Senator Menendez said he would spend our money wisely. But our annual national deficit climbed from $250 billion a year to $1.6 trillion on his watch."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Monday, February 13th, 2012

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Tide is starting to turn

One New Jersey

One New Jersey

Says New Jersey is "down nearly 200,000 jobs from its pre-recession peak" and with Gov. Chris Christie "New Jersey has trailed the rest of America when it comes to unemployment" for 12 consecutive months.

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

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A veto, but not exactly a tax cut

Paul Sarlo

Paul Sarlo

Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposal to reduce state income taxes "would be the second tax cut for the rich by the governor in two years."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Sunday, February 5th, 2012

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Livin' ain't that easy in Delaware

Joe Pennacchio

Joe Pennacchio

Says Pennsylvania charges a top income tax rate of 3 percent and Delaware "has no state income tax at all."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

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True for private-sector jobs

Committee for Our Children's Future

Committee for Our Children's Future

Says with "Gov. Chris Christie and bipartisan reformers" New Jersey had "the most job growth in 11 years."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Monday, January 30th, 2012

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Recycled, and still not completely true

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

Says "we’ve accomplished balancing two budgets without raising taxes. We’ve now created 60,000 new private-sector jobs. We’ve made government smaller."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

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Hold your fire

Bill Pascrell

Bill Pascrell

"We haven't had any legislation which took away one gun in the past 20 years from anybody in this country--not one." 

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Monday, January 9th, 2012

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Your fault, Mr. President?

New Jersey Tea Party

New Jersey Tea Party

"Since Obama took office, a net of 540,000 additional black Americans – Obama’s strongest supporters – have lost their jobs." 

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Sunday, November 27th, 2011

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Essex also ranks 6th, 92nd

Joseph Chiusolo

Joseph Chiusolo

Says "Essex County residents suffer the second highest property taxes in the nation."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

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State contracts, not county ones

Jim McGreevey

Jim McGreevey

"After I had resigned or announced my resignation, I abolished -- I prohibited pay-to-play for people that had county or state contracts."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Sunday, October 30th, 2011

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“Jersey Shore” has real Jerseyans

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

Says "these ‘Jersey Shore’ folks, they’re from New York."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Friday, October 21st, 2011

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Numbers right, blame is off

Stephen Sweeney

Stephen Sweeney

"New Jersey's poverty rate has increased since this governor took office and the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has risen."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Thursday, October 20th, 2011

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Tax and blame

Tom Kean Jr.

Tom Kean Jr.

Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Sunday, October 16th, 2011

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What about last year’s education cuts?

Committee for Our Children's Future

Committee for Our Children's Future

Says Gov. Chris Christie "cut spending (by) $1 billion" and provided "$850 million in new education funding."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Thursday, October 6th, 2011

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Numbers hit the mark

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

Says "New Jersey's unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And we've created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011