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Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar is a senator from Minnesota. Klobuchar was elected as senator in 2006 and re-elected in 2012 and 2018. Klobuchar received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. In 2019, she announced she was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out March 2, 2020.

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Latest Fact-Checks Of Amy Klobuchar

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Election officials, lawmakers in Congress have faced increase in threats
By Amy Sherman
November 1, 2022

“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of…

How unusual would it be to create a filibuster carve-out for voting rights?
By Louis Jacobson
December 9, 2021

"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."

Amid pandemic, polls show support for voting by mail
By Amy Sherman
May 21, 2020

“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail

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By Haley BeMiller
March 2, 2020

“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”

Amy Klobuchar says majority of Trump voters, hunters want universal background checks. She’s right
By Bill McCarthy
February 20, 2020

“The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”

It’s True. Before he was mayor, Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana – and got drubbed
By Aaron Sharockman
December 20, 2019

Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."

Amy Klobuchar leans in on support for Roe vs. Wade, Planned Parenthood in Atlanta debate
By Shefali Luthra
November 21, 2019

"Over 70% of the people support Roe v. Wade. Over 90% of the people support funding for Planned Parenthood and making sure women can get…

Federal law’s ‘boyfriend loophole’ is not so simple
By Tom Kertscher
August 22, 2019

The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you…

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By Julie Appleby
July 26, 2019

"There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress."

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