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Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 18, 2015 in a speech:
"Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity":
Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 28, 2015 in comments on Twitter.:
"Unlike virtually every other campaign, we don't have a super PAC."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 30, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate:
"When he (Donald Trump) asked Florida to have casino gambling, we said no."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • September 17, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:
Says that Donald Trump "supported Charlie Crist."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2015
Ben Ferguson
Ben Ferguson
stated on July 2, 2015 in comments on CNN:
Says Donald Trump has "given more money to Democratic candidates than Republican candidates."
Mostly False
By Will Cabaniss • July 9, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2015 in a meme on social media:
Says Hillary Clinton’s top 10 donors are mainly "banks, corporations and media," while Bernie Sanders’ top 10 donors are labor unions.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on May 31, 2015 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
"We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2015
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on May 3, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics."
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 3, 2015
Represent.us
Represent.us
stated on April 30, 2015 in a meme on social media:
"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 23, 2015 in a monologue on his radio show:
"Eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the Clinton Foundation ended up either with the Clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries, and benefits. Fifteen cents of every dollar actually went to some charitable beneficiary."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 16, 2015 in an interview with Democracy Now:
"I’m the only member of the House of Representatives who raised most of his campaign funds in the last election from small contributions of less than $200."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2015
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on April 12, 2015 in an interview:
Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2015
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on February 23, 2015 in a video:
"The Clintons' foundation took millions from foreign governments" including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
True
By Steve Contorno • February 26, 2015
Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig
stated on January 5, 2015 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
"If you ask how many times did Ronald Reagan attend a fundraiser when he ran for re-election in 1984, the answer is eight times. If you say how many times did Barack Obama attend a fundraiser in 2012, the answer is 228 times."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • January 20, 2015
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 in an interview:
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. 
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2014
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on September 15, 2014 in forum with Florida State students:
Says he has "never received any contributions from the Koch brothers."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 19, 2014
Robert Healey
Robert Healey
stated on November 5, 2014 in interviews:
I spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 9, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on November 3, 2014 in a segment on "Morning Joe":
2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 6, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate:
Greg Abbott has benefitted from "payday lenders who have given him $300,000 and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees."
Mostly True
By Dylan Baddour • October 29, 2014
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