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Latest Fact-Checks In Bipartisanship

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Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet:

"Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006."

True

By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2017

Our Democracy 2020
stated on October 26, 2016 in a news release:

Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on the UW-Green Bay campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 22, 2016 in a press conference:

"400 bills have my name on them either as a sponsor or a co-sponsor. You don’t get that done unless you work with folks on the other side."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • October 24, 2016

Social Media
stated on October 17, 2016 in social media sites:

Creflo Dollar has endorsed Republican Donald Trump for president.

Pants on Fire!

By Jim Tharpe • October 19, 2016

Michael Bennet
stated on September 10, 2016 in a Senate candidates debate:

Says that Republican Darryl Glenn has described Democrats as "evil" and has said he's "tired of hearing about Republicans reaching across the aisle."

True

By Alan Gathright • September 19, 2016

Dana Wachs
stated on July 15, 2016 in a tweet:

Says Scott Walker's "listening sessions" are "invite-only and excluding the press."

True

By Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 in a viral video:

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Ryan Frazier
stated on June 8, 2016 in a GOP U.S. Senate candidates debate:

Says "Michael Bennet votes for President Obama's agenda 98 percent of the time. Hardly independent, hardly bipartisan."

Half-True

By Alan Gathright • June 22, 2016

Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 in a speech :

Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.

True

By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016

Jennifer Horn
stated on March 16, 2016 in a press release:

"For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice."

Half-True

By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016

Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball:

"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 18, 2016 in comments at a campaign organizing event:

"Every piece of legislation, just about, that I ever introduced (in the U.S. Senate) had a Republican co-sponsor."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 20, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on November 11, 2015 in Atlantic, Iowa, during a campaign event.:

Says President Barack Obama did not invite a Republican senator to dine at the White House until his fifth year in office.

False

By Jason Noble • November 23, 2015

Pete Gallego
stated on October 23, 2015 in a blog post by the Texas Tribune:

Will Hurd "tends to have a 96 percent straight Republican, straight party voting record."

True

By Filipa Ioannou • November 15, 2015

Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 in her State of the State speech in Nashua:

Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.

False

By Clay Wirestone • July 2, 2015

Karl Rove
stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

The Hyde Amendment "language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • April 19, 2015

Mackubin Thomas Owens
stated on March 18, 2015 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administration’s position on nuclear disarmament."

Mostly False

By Mark Reynolds • April 12, 2015

David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 in a U.S. Senate debate:

Says U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn was "handpicked" by President Barack Obama

Half-True

By April Hunt • November 1, 2014

Tom Cotton
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:

Says Mark Pryor "votes with Obama 93 percent of the time."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • October 22, 2014

Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 in NH Senate debate:

Says Jeanne Shaheen has "voted with the president 99 percent of the time."

Mostly True

By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 22, 2014

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