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Lenar Whitney
Lenar Whitney
stated on June 25, 2014 a YouTube video
"Global warming is a hoax."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 1, 2014
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee
stated on July 30, 2014 a House floor speech
"We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 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
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on July 28, 2014 an interview on Univision Radio
"We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 31, 2014
Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Veterans for America
stated on July 25, 2014 a television ad
Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, "skipped an important VA reform hearing to attend three fundraisers."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 30, 2014
Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Veterans for America
stated on July 25, 2014 a television ad
Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, missed "79 percent of veterans affairs committee hearings."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 30, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2014 a meme on social media
"97 percent of the 100 poorest counties in America are in red states."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 25, 2014 campaign email
Says Mark Pryor "continues to insist" that Obamacare is "an amazing success."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 29, 2014
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech to the NAACP in Las Vegas
The Obama administration's policies "have reduced minority dropout rate by 25 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 23, 2014 an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal"
"By some estimates, as few as 2 percent of the 50,000 (Central American) children who have crossed the border illegally this year have been sent home."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • July 28, 2014
Rob Astorino
Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on July 27, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Russia "has an economy the size of Italy."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on July 22, 2014 a television ad
A tax plan promoted by North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis will "overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 25, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit compared the health care law to buying a pepperoni and ham pizza from Domino's or Pizza Hut.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • July 24, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network
"There were 36 states where Republicans who were in charge refused to implement a state (health insurance) exchange."
Mostly False
By Molly O'Connor • July 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2014 a speech in Delaware
"We've recovered (from the recession) faster and come farther than almost any other advanced country on Earth."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 23, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 17, 2014 a press release
Says a new report shows the "devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class Kentuckians."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 23, 2014
Fresh Start PA
Fresh Start PA
stated on July 15, 2014 a campaign ad
Under Gov. Tom Corbett, "Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show"
The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 18, 2014 a meme on social media
Says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that "if the workers are more insecure, that's very healthy for the society" because "they'll serve the masters gladly and passively."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014
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