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Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo

Half-True

Not that simple

"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

False

It's households, not families

"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci

Pants on Fire!

Myth repeated 4 times in 45 seconds.

President Obama’s health care law says "when you sell your house now you have to pay a 3.8 percent tax."

David Cicilline

David Cicilline

Mostly False

77 cents not based on a job-by-job comparison

Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."

Chain email

Chain email

Pants on Fire!

Another lie that won't die

"If you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8 percent sales tax on it."

Chain email

Chain email

Pants on Fire!

Minimum service: 5 years. Maximum pay: 80 percent.

Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Mostly True

He's right, if you include all payroll taxes

The richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker

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