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Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."  
False
By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."
False
By Nai Issa, Lauren Carroll • October 26, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2014 an interview on CNN:
"Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 23, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate:
Says Mark Pryor "votes with Obama 93 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 22, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 21, 2014 a chain email:
The Affordable Care Act says that "at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. …  Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient's age."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Burns • October 21, 2014
Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy
stated on October 19, 2014 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Blocking travel from countries with Ebola should be possible because President Barack Obama "has sealed off Israel in the past."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate:
The CDC is "spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening and massage therapy" that could be redirected to Ebola.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2014
Larry Pressler
Larry Pressler
stated on October 16, 2014 a campaign forum:
"All four on Mount Rushmore, they were all independents at one critical point in their career."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 16, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 30, 2014 a chain email:
"2014 Federal Tax Refunds To Be Delayed Until October 2015."
Pants on Fire!
By Nai Issa • October 16, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 14, 2014 a debate:
Under my platform, "I will make no changes to the current (Medicare) system for current retirees and anyone approaching retirement."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on October 11, 2014 a debate:
"Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "would help lift over a million Americans out of poverty."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 12, 2014
Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
stated on October 1, 2014 a Web video:
"20,000 Kansans lost their health insurance because of (Obamacare)."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 9, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2014 a speech in Princeton, Ind.:
"The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that haven’t raised the minimum wage."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate:
In North Carolina, "now we're near the national average" for unemployment.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 6, 2014 a campaign ad:
"The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 8, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 a speech at Northwestern University:
The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate :
"The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states."  
Mostly True
By Bill Adair, Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2014
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