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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 18, 2013 a tweet from Barack Obama's Twitter feed:
"Since Newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in Afghanistan."
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By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2013
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on June 9, 2013 a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week":
Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."
True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2013
Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin
stated on June 4, 2013 a House Ways and Means hearing:
"There was no surge in 501(c)(4) applications in 2010."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2013
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 4, 2013 a tweet:
"Nearly 6 out of 10 believe that money and wealth should be more evenly distributed among a larger percentage of the people in the U.S."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on April 25, 2013 an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 30, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 a speech from the White House Rose Garden:
A bipartisan background check amendment "outlawed any (gun) registry.  Plain and simple, right there in the text."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
"The NRA used to support expanded background checks."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords
stated on April 17, 2013 an op-ed in the "New York Times":
Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks."  
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By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 2, 2013 a CNN interview:
Says in Chicago, "we take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2013
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on March 31, 2013 an interview on 'Fox News Sunday':
Says "94 percent of (Marco Rubio's) constituents support a universal background check."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 2, 2013
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on March 24, 2013 an appearance on 'Meet the Press':
"If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 26, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC:
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
True
By Becky Bowers • March 21, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC:
"Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city" of Washington D.C.
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 20, 2013
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 7, 2013 a news conference:
"More than 64 percent of minimum-wage earners are women."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 13, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 a Senate filibuster:
"When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’"
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 12, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on March 5, 2013 a tweet:
Says Jeb Bush "flip-flop-flip(ped) on immigration."
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 8, 2013
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
stated on February 17, 2013 an op-ed in the "Washington Post":
Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.
True
By Bill Adair • February 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
"The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years."
True
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 21, 2013 an interview on Fox News:
The tax penalty that the government imposes if you don't buy health insurance "is lower than it would have cost to buy insurance."
True
By Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2013
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