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Don Beyer
stated on August 25, 2014 in a web post.:

"The United States is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • August 25, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on July 26, 2014:

On offshore drilling for energy

No Flip

By Nancy Madsen • August 18, 2014

Mike Hymes
stated on July 16, 2014 in a TV ad:

Del. Ben Chafin "took money away" from Southwest Virginia schools while voting to build a "politician's palace."

False

By Nancy Madsen • August 11, 2014

George Barker
stated on July 26, 2014 in statement:

Uncompensated care has "gone down by 30 percent just in the first few months" of Medicaid expansion in the states that adopted it.

True

By Nancy Madsen • August 10, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.:

Ed Gillespie "supports a personhood amendment."

False

By Sean Gorman • August 4, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.:

"This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."

Pants on Fire!

By Nancy Madsen • August 3, 2014

Richard Saslaw
stated on July 11, 2014 in a TV interview.:

Governing magazine has "estimated that in the states that don’t expand Medicaid, a minimum, they said of 40 percent of rural hospitals will close in those states..."

False

By Sean Gorman • July 25, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on June 13, 2014 in interviews:

On immigration reform

No Flip

By Nancy Madsen • July 21, 2014

Barbara Comstock
stated on July 7, 2014 in a web post.:

Obamacare "already has caused millions of hardworking Virginians to lose their health insurance."

False

By Sean Gorman • July 20, 2014

Mark Sickles
stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech.:

Says 70 percent of Virginia’s Medicaid cost is for seniors in nursing homes.

False

By Nancy Madsen • July 14, 2014

Kirk Cox
stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech.:

"There are more than 46 million Americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • July 11, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on June 9, 2014 in a TV interview.:

Says Mark Warner has supported Harry Reid "down the line."

Half-True

By Nancy Madsen • July 6, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on April 3, 2011 in a TV interview.:

On a balanced budget amendment.

Full Flop

By Sean Gorman • June 30, 2014

Dave Marsden
stated on June 14, 2014 in a radio interview.:

After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality rate went down...it saved lives."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • June 27, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on May 14, 2014 in a news release.:

Mark Warner’s "record is one of acting against" the Keystone XL pipeline.

Mostly False

By Nancy Madsen • June 23, 2014

Chain email
stated on June 19, 2014 in a chain email.:

Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine voted "to let the U.N. take OUR guns."

Pants on Fire!

By Nancy Madsen • June 15, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on May 29, 2014 in a speech.:

"Right now, America has $1.1 trillion of student debt. That’s more than credit card debt."

True

By Nancy Madsen • June 10, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on June 2, 2014 in a TV interview.:

The Chamber of Commerce says new carbon regulations will kill "244,000 jobs a year" and cost average families "$1,200 a year."

False

By Warren Fiske • June 9, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on June 3, 2014 in a speech.:

U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform."

Pants on Fire!

By Sean Gorman • June 6, 2014

Dave Brat
stated on May 9, 2014 in a radio ad.:

Eric Cantor "voted to fully fund Obamacare in October."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2014

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