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Sylvia Romo

Sylvia Romo

Mostly False

Conflation inflation

Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money."

John Bradley

John Bradley

Mostly True

Duty claims experience with juvenile felonies

Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case."

Gilberto Hinojosa

Gilberto Hinojosa

False

Less than half, actually

Says "large majority" of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim and not U.S.-born.

Justin Hewlett

Justin Hewlett

Mostly False

Outdated

Says the majority of candidates in Texas’ 25th Congressional District live outside the district.

Crossroads GPS

Crossroads GPS

Mostly False

Taxes on tanning and smoking

President Obama "promised" families making less than $250,000 a year would not see taxes go up, but "Obamacare raises 18 different taxes."

Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Doggett

Mostly True

Up to 45 percent

Says he represents or has represented about half the San Antonio-rooted district in which he seeks election.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

Steel plant's fortunes tanked under Bain

After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."

Connie Mack

Connie Mack

True

He voted for a jobs bill

Says George LeMieux was one of two Republicans who voted for President Barack Obama's jobs bill.

George LeMieux

George LeMieux

Mostly False

Proof boils down to property record from Colorado

"Sources show (Connie) Mack as a resident of California, living with his wife in Palm Springs."

Bill Spelman

Bill Spelman

False

Former lobbyist, voted in '02 Democratic primary

Says challenger Dominic Chavez is a "Rick Perry Republican" lobbyist.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

Romney said he won't change law

Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Mostly False

Tariff breaks, not earmarks, though both raise pay-to-play concerns

U.S. Rep. Allen West wants to bring back earmarks.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Romney had more to say

Says Mitt Romney's comments indicated he would not have pursued Osama bin Laden.

Connie Mack

Connie Mack

Pants on Fire!

In 2005 Mack called himself a “longtime opponent of drilling off Florida’s coast."

"I have always said that I would be for drilling."

Ellen Rosenblum

Ellen Rosenblum

Mostly False

Federal courts are in Oregon; Holton is no newcomer

Says Dwight Holton has never set foot in an Oregon courtroom.

Dwight Holton

Dwight Holton

Half-True

She said it; she said other things too.

Says Ellen Rosenblum "has said over and over again that this is a job where 80 percent of the job is being the government’s lawyer."

David Dewhurst

David Dewhurst

Mostly True

"Guilty" a flawed descriptive

Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.

Tom Leppert

Tom Leppert

True

Cruz has been lawyer, government official

Says opponent Ted Cruz has not led businesses.

Allen West

Allen West

Pants on Fire!

A falsehood bloggers started

About 78 to 81 House Democrats "are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

False

Health care law doesn't 'cut' Medicare

Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare."

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