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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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