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Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 22, 2022 in an ad:
Adam Laxalt “would let Nevada and other states ban abortion with zero exceptions.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 10, 2022
Planned Parenthood Votes
Planned Parenthood Votes
stated on June 30, 2022 in an ad:
Mehmet Oz “wants to make abortion a crime in Pennsylvania.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 18, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on June 14, 2022 in an ad:
Adam Laxalt "supports eliminating Nevada's protections for legal abortions."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 23, 2022
Greg Casar
Greg Casar
stated on February 8, 2022 in an ad:
“Greg Casar passed paid sick leave."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2022
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 5, 2021 in a TikTok post:
“Paris police beat a woman for shopping at a mall with no vaccine passport.”
Half-True
By Gabrielle Settles • October 12, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image:
"I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2021
Yes on 10 campaign
Yes on 10 campaign
stated on September 28, 2018 in a TV advertisement:
California’s rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners"
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 5, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech:
Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
"When the law stopped Tony Evers from revoking a teacher's license for viewing pornography, Tony worked with lawmakers from both parties to change the law so offenders could be kicked out of the classroom."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2018
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2018 in a radio ad:
Says Tony Evers "didn't revoke the license of a teacher caught spreading pornography and commenting on the bodies of middle-school girls."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on June 3, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on May 4, 2018 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 10, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet:
"Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 18, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters:
We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 3, 2017 in a news release:
The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 4, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 18, 2017 in a speech:
Says President Donald Trump "has signed more laws cutting through federal red tape than any president in American history and has already saved businesses and families up to $18 billion in red tape costs every year."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • July 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2017 in a speech:
"Obamacare premiums have doubled" in Wisconsin.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 2, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs."
Half-True
By Gabrielle Healy • March 2, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 25, 2017 in an address to education leaders:
Says North Carolina gives taxpayer dollars to private schools, but "we really don’t know what these schools are doing or how they are performing."
Half-True
By Will Doran • February 2, 2017
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer
stated on November 3, 2016 in a video:
"Anyone who knows you can just" look it up to "see if you voted."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 9, 2016
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