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Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

False

Mandel didn't say it improved

Josh Mandel "is lying about his own record. The rating of Ohio's investment fund has NOT improved."

AFSCME

AFSCME

Half-True

Partly true, with important caveats

Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "supports massive tax cuts for corporations that outsource Wisconsin jobs."

Yes on 79

Yes on 79

Pants on Fire!

No move to charge a tax this year

Says "One of the state’s largest governments made charging this tax one of their top priorities just this year."

Adam Hasner

Adam Hasner

Mostly True

Obama and Netanyahu in NYC on different days

"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."

Americans For Tax Reform

Americans For Tax Reform

Pants on Fire!

Sends reality blowin' in the wind

Says Obama sent $450 million to China to build a wind farm in Texas.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly False

Cherry-picked in several ways

College tuition "costs have risen by 25 percent under the Democrats."

Secure America Now

Secure America Now

Mostly True

Earned speaking fees from Nigerian subsidiary

Says Obama adviser David Plouffe took "large piles of cash" from a joint venture partner of a company owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly False

Assumes the worst from an incomplete plan

Says Romney tax plan "could take away middle-class deductions for child care, mortgages and college tuition."

Michael Riley

Michael Riley

Mostly False

Distortion of common, legal practices

James Langevin "has received almost $20 million from taxpayers and special interests to use at his own discretion to supposedly champion Rhode Island’s needs."

Restore Our Future

Restore Our Future

Mostly False

The numbers are high, but not that high

"Eight million Americans have dropped out of the work force since (Barack) Obama became president. ... The real unemployment rate is 19 percent."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

Republicans responsible too

Says President Barack Obama is responsible for pending defense cuts.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

False

A misleading cut and paste

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "admitted" that Washington, D.C., "changed" him into an insider selling his influence to make millions from powerful special interests.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Mostly True

The tape says a little more

Says Barack Obama's comments indicate he "believes in redistribution" of wealth.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

Some money yes, but probably not much

"Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

Too narrow a look at Obama's actions

 "Seven times Obama could have stopped China's cheating. Seven times, he refused."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Half-True

More blame goes to the recession

"Under Obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Romney has not always been crystal clear

Says Romney and Ryan "both backed proposals that would outlaw abortions even in cases of rape or incest."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

"Guarantees" less clear than Obama lets on

Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits."

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

False

He was for troop pay at the same time he was against it

Says Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy "voted against paying our soldiers" and "against increasing combat pay" while voting "to protect his own pay."

Shelley Adler

Shelley Adler

Mostly False

Outdated and misleading

Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a "plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year."

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