The latest statements we've reviewed for PolitiFact Virginia
Says Eric Cantor voted to assure Congress would be paid if the government shut down and against guaranteeing troops would be paid.
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
"Tim Kaine doubled down in his support of devastating defense cuts, saying the ‘the deal was the right thing to do.’"
Wayne Powell has a "stated position of having no objection to taking `In God We Trust" off of U.S. currency."
The GOP platform that seeks further limits on abortion and is silent on an exception for rape "has been there for more than 30 years."
"When Tim Kaine was governor, spending soared, blowing holes in the budget every year."
"This year, Eric Cantor has received more money from oil companies than any other member of Congress."
The Obama administration is "unwinding our nation’s welfare-to-work requirements."
"When I left the Senate, we were on a trajectory towards a balanced budget."
Tim Kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning "as little as $17,000."
"I ended up my time as governor with a general fund budget that was smaller than the one I started with."
Because of the health care act, "The people who have health care and like it in this county are not going to be able to keep what they have."
States still face a "mandate" to expand Medicaid coverage under President Obama's health care reform law.
Tim Kaine "made Virginia the best state for business four years in a row."
President Obama's health care law is "a government takeover of healthcare."
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