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Latest Fact-Checks In Bipartisanship

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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
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
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
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
Our Democracy 2020
Our Democracy 2020
stated on October 26, 2016 a news release
Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on the UW-Green Bay campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias."
Half-True
October 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 22, 2016 a press conference
"400 bills have my name on them either as a sponsor or a co-sponsor. You don’t get that done unless you work with folks on the other side."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 24, 2016
Ryan Frazier
Ryan Frazier
stated on June 8, 2016 a GOP U.S. Senate candidates debate
Says "Michael Bennet votes for President Obama's agenda 98 percent of the time. Hardly independent, hardly bipartisan."  
Half-True
By Alan Gathright • June 22, 2016
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on March 16, 2016 a press release
"For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice."
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate
Says U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn was "handpicked" by President Barack Obama
Half-True
By April Hunt • November 1, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on June 19, 2014 a television ad
"Congressman (Tom) Cotton is the only Arkansan in Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2014
Ian Prior
Ian Prior
stated on January 14, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary
"Of the 20 bills [Rep. David] Cicilline has sponsored in his three years in office, not a single one has advanced past the embryonic committee stage."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 30, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • February 22, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 7, 2013 a Facebook post.
"The last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country’s bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2013
John Barrow
John Barrow
stated on May 17, 2012 in an op-ed
"Forty years ago ... about half of congressional districts were genuinely competitive. Today, only about 10 percent of House races on Cook Political Report are listed as ‘toss-ups’ or ‘lean’ to one party."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 4, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on April 23, 2012 a speech
Each U.S. House member who voted to overhaul Social Security in 1983 was re-elected.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a debate in Tampa, Fla.
"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2012
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