Statements we say are True
Says Ron Paul doesn’t believe in marriage licenses.
Says Newt Gingrich aligned with Nancy Pelosi on global warming.
Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.
Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on abortion rights.
Says only four Texas legislators voted against a law giving in-state tuition rates to certain illegal immigrants.
Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants."
"Ten years ago the Austin Water Utility used a total of 240.3 million gallons. Every summer since then our peak day of water use has been lower."
"I became a Republican sooner in my life than" Ronald Reagan did in his.
Congressional Budget Office "says 8 (percent) unemployment till 2014!"
"Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas" which is "tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States."
Says members of the military have sent him more campaign contributions than they’ve sent President Barack Obama and more than twice what they’ve sent other Republican presidential candidates.
Says states that passed anti-illegal-immigrant legislation also had few Hispanic legislators.
Says the state budget includes spending on commercials for Fortune 500 companies.
Says this month’s special session will cost the state $27,300 a day just for legislators’ daily living expenses.
Says state lawmakers have voted to "spend virtually all of the Rainy Day Fund four times" since the fund’s creation.
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