Bipartisanship Scorecard true 0% 28 Checks mostly true 0% 31 Checks half true 0% 30 Checks mostly false 0% 17 Checks false 0% 17 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 5 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Bipartisanship Cindy Axne stated on September 18, 2022 in a tweet: "I was named Iowa’s most bipartisan member of Congress by @TheLugarCenter.” September 27, 2022 Francesca Hong stated on May 18, 2022 in a tweet: "In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of Democratic bills to have a hearing." By Alan Hovorka • July 26, 2022 Wisconsin Initiative stated on February 23, 2022 in TV ad: “Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.” By Madeline Heim • March 22, 2022 Jon Erpenbach stated on December 12, 2021 in TV interview: The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.” By Madeline Heim • December 28, 2021 Joe Biden stated on October 4, 2021 in a speech: “Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.” By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2021 Joni Ernst stated on October 15, 2020 in comments at a debate: Says she is ranked "one of the most bipartisan senators in the Senate in the last 25 years." By Rachel Schilke, Rylee Wilson • October 26, 2020 Paul Junge stated on September 11, 2020 in an interview on 'Detroit Today': "Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi." By Clara Hendrickson • September 21, 2020 Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress." By Madlin Mekelburg • February 12, 2020 Beto O'Rourke stated on October 16, 2018 in a debate televised from San Antonio: Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz. By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018 Mark Harris stated on September 20, 2018 in A campaign ad: Says Democratic North Carolina House candidate Dan McCready "took money from the Pelosi crowd" and is "with them" in their agenda and "wants to repeal your tax cut." By Stephen Koff • October 2, 2018 Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 27, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says New Jersey U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance was "rated among the most bipartisan in Congress." By Stephen Koff • October 2, 2018 Tammy Baldwin stated on August 5, 2018 in an interview: On considering U.S. Supreme Court nominees. September 13, 2018 Chele Farley stated on April 23, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight: "Kirsten Gillibrand has put forward 331 bills since she's been in Congress. Do you know how many of them have been passed into law? Zero!" By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018 Dan Kohl stated on November 7, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says Glenn Grothman "is the single-most partisan member of the House." November 8, 2017 Sean Duffy stated on November 30, 2017 in an interview: Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers. November 3, 2017 New Leadership PAC stated on October 19, 2017 in a press release: Says county parties representing more than half the state’s Republican voters approved resolutions "demanding changes" in Texas House leadership. By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2017 Jay Chaudhuri stated on April 5, 2017 in an interview explaining his bill: Says the T.R.U.M.P. Act, which would force presidential candidates to release their tax returns to run in North Carolina, "has a lot of support – by a majority of North Carolinians and members of both parties." By Will Doran • April 19, 2017 Maggie Hassan stated on March 28, 2017 in a letter: Says there is a "traditional 60-vote threshold for confirming Supreme Court nominees." By Ella Nilsen • March 31, 2017 Luis Gutierrez stated on March 12, 2017 in CNN's State of the Union: "2009-2010, let's remember, hundreds of Republican amendments were adopted in the ACA." By Gabrielle Healy • March 16, 2017 Mitch McConnell stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet: "Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006." By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2017 Load More Latest Articles State legislatures rarely expel lawmakers. We found 19 examples in nearly 23 years. 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By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • June 25, 2020 Latest promises about Bipartisanship Barack Obama Bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agenda Record-setting partisan divide | August 31, 2012 Barack Obama Appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet One, maybe two | January 14, 2009 Latest promises about Bipartisanship
Barack Obama Bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agenda Record-setting partisan divide | August 31, 2012
