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Latest Fact-Checks In Bipartisanship

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Francesca Hong
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."
True
By Alan Hovorka • July 26, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
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.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018
New Leadership PAC
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.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2017
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet:
"Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006."
True
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2017
Michael Bennet
Michael Bennet
stated on September 10, 2016 in a Senate candidates debate:
Says that Republican Darryl Glenn has described Democrats as "evil" and has said he's "tired of hearing about Republicans reaching across the aisle."
True
By Alan Gathright • September 19, 2016
Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on July 15, 2016 in a tweet:
Says Scott Walker's "listening sessions" are "invite-only and excluding the press."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2016
Jack Falanagan
Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 in a speech :
Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
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By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball:
"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on October 23, 2015 in a blog post by the Texas Tribune:
Will Hurd "tends to have a 96 percent straight Republican, straight party voting record."
True
By Filipa Ioannou • November 15, 2015
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on April 24, 2014 in an interview with the McAllen Monitor:
With only 67 bills or so passed into law, "2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since we’ve been keeping record."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 22, 2013 in a video:
Travis County is "surrounded by red counties."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2014
Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus
stated on January 3, 2013 in an online video:
"Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support."
True
By Joe Guillen • January 17, 2013
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 16, 2012 in a TV debate:
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown shows someone can be bipartisan in Congress because he "votes about 66 percent with his own party."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 in a debate in Danville, Ky.:
"There's not one Democrat who endorses" the Romney-Ryan Medicare plan.
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 26, 2012 in an appearance on "Face the Nation" on CBS:
Says that in the U.S. House of Representatives "we’ve had bipartisan support for the repeal of Obamacare … for getting rid of cap and trade … for building the Keystone Pipeline."
True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • September 24, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on June 8, 2012 in remarks to Hispanic Caucus at Texas Democratic Party convention in Houston.:
Says Democratic runoff opponent Grady Yarbrough twice previously ran statewide as a Republican.
True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 29, 2012 in an interview:
In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 8, 2011 in a news conference:
"We have had some significant accomplishments on a bipartisan basis."
True
By Reginald Fields • November 29, 2011
Brett Hulsey
Brett Hulsey
stated on August 27, 2011 in an opinion column:
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly approved "only one out of 376 amendments offered by Assembly Democrats" in 2011.
True
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised address:
"President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times.  George W. Bush did it seven times."
True
By Robert Farley • July 26, 2011
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