Congress

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true
0% 61 Checks
mostly-true
0% 88 Checks
Half True
0% 97 Checks
mostly-false
0% 104 Checks
false
0% 189 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 85 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Congress

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
False
January 12, 2026
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Mostly False
October 9, 2025
stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast:
“If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.”
Mostly True
September 30, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 12, 2025 in social media posts:
Former President Barack Obama eliminated a law that “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people.”
False
September 17, 2025
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post:
Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
Half-True
August 28, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on August 6, 2025 in a Threads post:
The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it.
False
August 7, 2025
stated on June 13, 2025 in an email:
“Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.”
False
August 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 29, 2025 in an interview on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures':
The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”
Mostly False
June 30, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post:
“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"
Half-True
June 27, 2025
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on June 4, 2025 in an ad:
The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients.”
Half-True
June 24, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 12, 2025 in an image:
Says Karoline Leavitt said, “America cannot function if President Trump has to deal with co-equal branches of government having the ability to check his power.”
False
June 13, 2025
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on May 25, 2025 in a "Face the Nation" episode:
“We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
False
May 29, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts:
The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”
False
May 28, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on May 21, 2025 in X posts:
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., started singing during a May 20 CNN interview.
False
May 23, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol:
In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”
False
May 22, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
False
May 21, 2025
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on May 13, 2025 in an X post:
While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.”
Mostly False
May 21, 2025
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on March 25, 2025 in a video on X:
“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”
False
March 28, 2025
Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary
stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN:
“We've never audited government for 100 years.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on February 11, 2025 in a post:
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • February 18, 2025
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