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Latest Fact-Checks In Bipartisanship

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Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on September 18, 2022 a tweet
"I was named Iowa’s most bipartisan member of Congress by @TheLugarCenter.”
Mostly True
September 27, 2022
Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
stated on May 18, 2022 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."
True
By Alan Hovorka • July 26, 2022
Wisconsin Initiative
Wisconsin Initiative
stated on February 23, 2022 TV ad
“Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 22, 2022
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on December 12, 2021 TV interview
The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • December 28, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 4, 2021 a speech
“Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2021
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on October 15, 2020 comments at a debate
Says she is ranked "one of the most bipartisan senators in the Senate in the last 25 years."
Mostly True
By Rachel Schilke, Rylee Wilson • October 26, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on September 11, 2020 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."
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 21, 2020
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 a speech
“House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 12, 2020
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2018 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.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on September 20, 2018 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."  
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 2, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 27, 2018 a campaign ad
Says New Jersey U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance was "rated among the most bipartisan in Congress."  
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 2, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 5, 2018 an interview
On considering U.S. Supreme Court nominees.  
Half Flip
September 13, 2018
Chele Farley
Chele Farley
stated on April 23, 2018 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!"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl
stated on November 7, 2017 a Facebook post
Says Glenn Grothman "is the single-most partisan member of the House."  
Half-True
November 8, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 30, 2017 an interview
Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.
Half-True
November 3, 2017
New Leadership PAC
New Leadership PAC
stated on October 19, 2017 a press release
Says county parties representing more than half the state’s Republican voters approved resolutions "demanding changes" in Texas House leadership.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2017
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 5, 2017 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."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 19, 2017
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on March 28, 2017 a letter
Says there is a "traditional 60-vote threshold for confirming Supreme Court nominees."
Mostly False
By Ella Nilsen • March 31, 2017
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on March 12, 2017 CNN's State of the Union
"2009-2010, let's remember, hundreds of Republican amendments were adopted in the ACA."
Half-True
By Gabrielle Healy • March 16, 2017
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2017 a tweet
"Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006."
True
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2017
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