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Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on August 25, 2014 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
Mark Warner
stated on July 26, 2014
On offshore drilling for energy
No Flip
By Nancy Madsen • August 18, 2014
Mike Hymes
Mike Hymes
stated on July 16, 2014 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
George Barker
stated on July 26, 2014 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
Mark Warner
stated on July 26, 2014 a debate.
Ed Gillespie "supports a personhood amendment."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 4, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on July 26, 2014 a debate.
"This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Nancy Madsen • August 3, 2014
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on July 11, 2014 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
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 13, 2014 interviews
On immigration reform
No Flip
By Nancy Madsen • July 21, 2014
Barbara Comstock
Barbara Comstock
stated on July 7, 2014 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
Mark Sickles
stated on June 23, 2014 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
Kirk Cox
stated on June 23, 2014 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
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 9, 2014 a TV interview.
Says Mark Warner has supported Harry Reid "down the line."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • July 6, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 3, 2011 a TV interview.
On a balanced budget amendment.
Full Flop
By Sean Gorman • June 30, 2014
Dave Marsden
Dave Marsden
stated on June 14, 2014 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
Ed Gillespie
stated on May 14, 2014 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
Chain email
stated on June 19, 2014 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
Mark Warner
stated on May 29, 2014 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
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 2, 2014 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
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 3, 2014 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
Dave Brat
stated on May 9, 2014 a radio ad.
Eric Cantor "voted to fully fund Obamacare in October."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2014
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