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Donna Edwards
Donna Edwards
stated on July 13, 2014 a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
"74 percent of Republicans support the Affordable Care Act."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2014
Steve King
Steve King
stated on July 10, 2014 an interview on Fox news:
Says "nothing" in Obama’s $3.7 billion request to address the child immigrant situation "actually secures the border."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 14, 2014
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 13, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"This president has offered fewer executive actions than almost any other president preceding his presidency in recent history."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 13, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 10, 2014 a press conference:
The U.S. Supreme Court is "five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2014
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour":
When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 10, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Mitch McConnell voted to raise Medicare costs for a current Kentucky senior by $6,000.
False
By Steve Contorno • July 10, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 9, 2014 a YouTube video:
Says Alison Lundergan Grimes "supports Obamacare, which cuts $700 billion from seniors’ Medicare."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 10, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 various posts on the Internet:
"Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 8, 2014 a television ad:
Says he "voted for disaster relief and full funding of FEMA."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 9, 2014
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on July 6, 2014 an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union":
"In the last three years alone, 13 times, the Supreme Court, unanimously, 9-0, including all of the president's liberal picks, have struck down the president's executive orders."
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • July 9, 2014
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press":
The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2014
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 7, 2014 a tweet:
"Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2014
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on July 1, 2014 a campaign ad:
"Justin Amash is rated Michigan’s No. 1 conservative" by National Right to Life.
False
By Steve Contorno • July 7, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival:
"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on June 20, 2014 a radio ad:
"As Alaska’s attorney general, (U.S. Senate candidate Dan) Sullivan successfully fought to protect our Second Amendment rights and passed ‘stand your ground.’ "
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 2, 2014
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
stated on June 30, 2014 a dissenting opinion in "Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby":
"Women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on June 19, 2014 a television ad:
"Congressman (Tom) Cotton is the only Arkansan in Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2014
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 a "Roll Call" interview:
The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on June 29, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 29, 2014
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