Chris Telfer: Chris Telfer counts among her accomplishments a fiscally responsible budget agreement that controls state spending.

PolitiFact Oregon:

The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Can Chris Telfer claim credit for the budget re-balance that cleared the Oregon Legislature?

Like other savvy politicians, state Sen. Chris Telfer, R-Bend, issued a press release via the caucus office crediting herself for her accomplishments in the 2012 legislative session:   Senator Chris Telfer (R-Bend) wrestled several important successes from Oregon’s first annual session, which ended Monday evening. Among her accomplishments are two substantial job-creating bills and a fiscally responsible budget agreement that controls state spending. Innocuous enough, right? Except that the press release prompted this tweet from a colleague of PolitiFact Oregon: OR Sen. Telfer, R-Bend, takes credit for "fiscally responsible budget" -- which ... >> More

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