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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 • October 8, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate
By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate
Says Thom Tillis "has cut $500 million from public education."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Max Fischer-Zernin • October 8, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 3, 2014 a news release
Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair, Shaker Samman • October 7, 2014
Terri Lynn Land
Terri Lynn Land
stated on October 25, 2014 a campaign statement to a local newspaper
On support for the auto bailouts.
Full Flop
By Steve Contorno • October 6, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 a speech at Northwestern University
"When I took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. Today, it's approaching 3 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2014
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on October 5, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 5, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on September 30, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Sen. Kay Hagan "has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committee's hearings in 2014."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 2, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate
Says Bruce Braley "threatened to sue a neighbor over chickens that came onto (his) property."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2014
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate
"I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2014
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 24, 2014 a campaign ad
"Mary Landrieu voted to take away your gun rights."
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • October 1, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate
Says personhood legislation she sponsored would not have restricted access to reproductive services and was "simply a statement that I support life."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 30, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate
"94 percent of those that are employed by the Department of Education at the federal level were deemed by the department as nonessential employees."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2014 a Facebook meme
Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on September 19, 2014 an email to supporters
"Sen. Mark Begich cast the deciding vote in favor of President Obama’s authority to issue executive amnesty to illegal aliens."
False
By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2014
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