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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 14, 2015 an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation.":
Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."
True
By Katharina Fiedler • April 8, 2015
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on February 23, 2015 a video:
"The Clintons' foundation took millions from foreign governments" including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
True
By Steve Contorno • February 26, 2015
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on February 17, 2015 remarks at the National Press Club:
Last year, "we saw the first reduction in the federal prison population in 32 years."
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By Lauren Carroll • February 23, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address:
The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 his 2015 State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 one in oil and gas."  
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Wayne. Mich.:
Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on January 11, 2015 an interview on CBS "Face the Nation":
Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2015
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We're now the No. 1 producer of oil in the world. We've surpassed Saudi Arabia."  
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By Lauren Carroll • January 4, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on November 25, 2014 remarks at the National Press Club:
In 2010, uninsured voters made up "about 5 percent of the electorate."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 4, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2014 a meme on social media:
Congress has 11 percent approval ratings, yet 96.4 percent of incumbent lawmakers were re-elected in 2014.
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By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2014
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on November 2, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The last time Republican U.S. Senate candidates "beat more than two (incumbents) was 1980."
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By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column:
"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 a speech in Iowa:
"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 29, 2014 a fundraising letter:
"The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 10, 2014 remarks to voters in Kentucky:
"More women are graduating from college now than men."
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 18, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."
True
By Molly O'Connor • June 27, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices.":
"The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent."
True
By Steve Contorno • June 12, 2014
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