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Joe Barton

Joe Barton

Mostly False

Cloudy

Says U.S. greenhouse gas "emissions are at 20-year lows."

Sarah Eckhardt

Sarah Eckhardt

Mostly True

UPDATED: Poverty up since 2000, but local rate sometimes goes down

Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.

Thomas Ratliff

Thomas Ratliff

Half-True

Finnish finish with at least four tests

Says Massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and Finland just one.

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

False

Up $5 trillion, not all Obama's fault

Says Barack Obama has added $16 trillion to the national debt.

Paul Begala

Paul Begala

Mostly False

Ryan plan didn't come up

Says Mitt Romney said at a January 2012 debate that under Paul Ryan’s tax plan, "I’d have paid no taxes in the last two years."  

Clay Dafoe

Clay Dafoe

False

Austin-area shoppers pay most of cost

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

Craig James

Craig James

Half-True

Some up, some down

Says Rick Perry cut taxes.

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