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Latest Fact-Checks In Bipartisanship

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Our Democracy 2020
Our Democracy 2020
stated on October 26, 2016 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
October 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 22, 2016 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
Social Media
stated on October 17, 2016 social media sites
Creflo Dollar has endorsed Republican Donald Trump for president.
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Tharpe • October 19, 2016
Michael Bennet
Michael Bennet
stated on September 10, 2016 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
Dana Wachs
stated on July 15, 2016 a tweet
Says Scott Walker's "listening sessions" are "invite-only and excluding the press."  
True
August 24, 2016
NowThis
NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video
Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA. 
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016
Ryan Frazier
Ryan Frazier
stated on June 8, 2016 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
Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 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
Jennifer Horn
stated on March 16, 2016 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
Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 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
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 18, 2016 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
Jeb Bush
stated on November 11, 2015 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
Pete Gallego
stated on October 23, 2015 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
Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 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
Karl Rove
stated on April 19, 2015 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
Mackubin Thomas Owens
stated on March 18, 2015 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
David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 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
Tom Cotton
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate
Says Mark Pryor "votes with Obama 93 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 22, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 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
Lon Burnam
Lon Burnam
stated on August 22, 2014 telephone press conference
"Russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in Texas."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2014
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