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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly False

UPDATE: Based on outdated GOP plan

Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."

Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine

Half-True

Updated with new ruling to reflect GDP

George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate "turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States."

Tom Rooney

Tom Rooney

Mostly False

Update: Labor department withdraws rules

A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."

Clay Dafoe

Clay Dafoe

False

Austin-area shoppers pay most of cost

Says bus riders subsidize the "expensive, romanticized" Leander-to-Austin train.

Rebecca Kleefisch

Rebecca Kleefisch

Mostly False

It helped, but talks with Beloit already under way

Says she made a "cold call" and persuaded an Illinois company to relocate to Wisconsin. 

Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson

False

It would take years

Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia."

Wayne LaPierre

Wayne LaPierre

Mostly True

Close for all the statistics except for killings

"By the time I finish this speech, two Americans will be slain, six women will be raped, 27 of us will be robbed, and 50 more will be beaten."

Crossroads GPS

Crossroads GPS

Half-True

Down for a single year after oil disaster

Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly False

Men lost more jobs earlier

"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

Pants on Fire!

GOP's budget guru should know better

President Barack Obama "has doubled the size of government since he took office."

Dennis Baxley

Dennis Baxley

Half-True

Not at all clear it's related to 'stand your ground'

"We’ve had a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law (‘stand your ground’) has been in effect."

The Tax Foundation

The Tax Foundation

Half-True

UPDATE: Different wording, different ruling. But Foundation's map is still misleading.

Says Tennessee has some of the lowest beer excise tax rates in the country.

Edward Flynn

Edward Flynn

Half-True

Study doesn't fully back claim

Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve "people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records."

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Half-True

UPDATE: After reader feedback, we reconsider

"The majority of Americans are conservatives."

Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum

False

Evidence says he doesn't

Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.

Restore Our Future

Restore Our Future

Mostly True

UPDATED: A fine by any other name....

Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."

Pete Hoekstra

Pete Hoekstra

False

Same rate as when stimulus was signed, and down since health care law passed

"Since ObamaCare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has increased."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

UPDATED: Right on private-sector job stats, but who gets credit?

"In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005."

Bob Corker

Bob Corker

True

That disparity is real

A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

He got inheritance, but gave it away

"I didn't inherit money from my parents."

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