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Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 19, 2014 a campaign ad
While "Arkansas seniors depend on Social Security and Medicare," Sen. Mark Pryor supports an overhaul so they "couldn’t get Social Security until they turn 68 or 69."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2014
Ending Spending Action Fund
Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on August 13, 2014 a campaign ad
"In six years, (U.S. Rep. Gary) Peters introduced zero bills that became law."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 20, 2014
Martha Robertson
Martha Robertson
stated on August 12, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., "voted to raise the Social Security retirement age on us."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2014
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 17, 2014 on ABC's "This Week"
"I've been here almost every day."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 18, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 14, 2014 a chain email
Says the former president of the Czech Republic said the American people were a "confederacy of fools" for electing Barack Obama.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2014
Joe Miller
Joe Miller
stated on August 9, 2014 a campaign mailer
"If 20 million illegals vote, you can kiss the Second Amendment goodbye."
False
By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on August 5, 2014 a campaign ad
Says he "voted for even stronger protections (in the Violence Against Women Act) than Obama's agenda will allow."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 30, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Mitch McConnell voted "two times against the Violence Against Women Act."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014
LIBRE Initiative
LIBRE Initiative
stated on August 10, 2014 a Facebook post
"The startup rate of Hispanic businesses is three times the national rate."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 12, 2014
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2014 a meme on social media
"In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 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
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 4, 2014 comments to reporters
"I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 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
Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins
stated on July 29, 2014 a press conference
In the "do-nothing Senate," there are 352 House bills "sitting on Harry Reid’s desk awaiting action," including 55 introduced by Democrats.  
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 30, 2014 a television ad
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst signed a pledge that "protects tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas."
False
By Lauren Carroll • August 5, 2014
SEIU
SEIU
stated on July 29, 2014 a Spanish-language radio ad
Says U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner "blocked immigration reform" and "voted to deport our DREAMers."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 4, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
The United States is at "historic record highs" of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as "Pakistan or Afghanistan or Syria."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2014
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on July 29, 2014
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage." 
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • August 1, 2014
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