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Matt Bevin
Matt Bevin
stated on August 6, 2013 a campaign ad
Says Mitch McConnell pushed "the Wall Street bailout through the U.S. Senate" and called it "the Senate at its finest."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on August 5, 2013 a campaign ad
Says Matt Bevin has repeatedly failed to pay his taxes.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on August 9, 2013 a segment of his MSNBC show, "Politics Nation"
Says President Barack Obama "has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in," compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 12, 2013 a document shared via email and social media
A United Nations working group has "adopted a proposed agenda" to enable member nations to "disarm civilians within their borders."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013
Ted Deutch
Ted Deutch
stated on August 1, 2013 a letter with other Florida lawmakers to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Says Florida refused to allow the insurance commissioner to "negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high" under Obamacare.
True
By Becky Bowers • August 8, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on August 5, 2013 an interview with MSNBC
"Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2013
Susan Collins
Susan Collins
stated on August 3, 2013 a response to the president's Saturday address
"This year, the overwhelming majority of new jobs are part time."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2013
Alan Krueger
Alan Krueger
stated on August 2, 2013 an interview with Bloomberg television
"Since the Affordable Care Act passed, 90 percent of job growth has been in full-time positions."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The federal deficit is "growing."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 30, 2013 an MSNBC interview
Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • August 2, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2013 a speech in Chattanooga, Tenn.
"This year, we're off to our best private-sector jobs growth since 1999."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 31, 2013 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
"Even the employees’ union for the IRS -- the very people in charge of enforcing this law -- are begging to be let out from under this law."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on July 30, 2013 a media availability with reporters
The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech in Galesburg, Ill.
The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2013 an interview with the 'New York Times'
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 23, 2013 various Internet postings
Ninety million Americans either aren’t working or aren’t looking for work.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 26, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"I was banned from talking about" Bill Ayers during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 a commentary on CNN
"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 25, 2013 a FoxNews.com op-ed
Under Obamacare, "75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • July 29, 2013
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