Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

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Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on August 11, 2014 a news article
Wisconsin is "38th in the country in terms of proficiency standards" in student testing.
Mostly True
August 22, 2014
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign ad
"What (the Obama administration is) going to come out with in the next several months is you're not even going to be able to burn coal very limitedly in the existing plants."
False
By Steve Contorno • August 7, 2014
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign ad
"The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' "
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 7, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on July 28, 2014 an interview on Univision Radio
"We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 31, 2014
Erin Lynch
Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate
"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014
Put Alaska First PAC
Put Alaska First PAC
stated on June 2, 2014 a television ad
"It was Dan Sullivan who wrote a bill to cut Alaskans out of those decisions" about where they can hunt and fish.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 emails circulating on the Internet
Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2014
Mike Hashimoto
Mike Hashimoto
stated on June 2, 2014 a commentary
"Public display of a long rifle is perfectly legal in Texas."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 2, 2014 a post on his website
New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 2, 2014
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 19, 2014 an interview on "PBS Newshour"
"Today, the five largest financial institutions are 38 percent bigger than they were back in 2008, when they were too big to fail."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • May 22, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The incandescent light bulb "has no effect whatever on the planet."     
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on April 26, 2014 speech to the NRA convention
Says Attorney General Eric Holder recently revealed "this idea to have government have gun owners wear special bracelets that would identify you as a gun owner."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 1, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2014 multiple blog and video posts
The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 24, 2014
Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 a news release
"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on April 12, 2014 a speech to the Freedom Summit in New Hampshire
A recent Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans and 56 percent of Democrats "say the biggest threat to our nation's security is big government."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2014
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house
"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014
Greg Morris
Greg Morris
stated on March 13, 2014 an article
You can buy lobster with food stamps.
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 21, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 18, 2014 a public meeting
Even though Chicago has "the most stringent gun laws on the books," it still "has the highest murder rate" in the country.
Half-True
March 2, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 2, 2014 a chain email forwarded by readers
Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • February 6, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 21, 2014 an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection
"Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2014
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