Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Abby Finkenauer
Abby Finkenauer
stated on December 9, 2021 a tweet
Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill.
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By Lyle Muller • December 17, 2021
Community Oncology Alliance
Community Oncology Alliance
stated on November 29, 2021 a radio ad
"An independent analysis shows that payments for cancer care will be slashed by close to 45% causing cancer clinics to close and massively raising your healthcare costs.”
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By Julie Appleby • December 7, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 4, 2021 a speech
“Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.”
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By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2021
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 3, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The pharmaceutical industry has 1,400 lobbyists on Capitol Hill right now trying to stop" Medicare drug price negotiation.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 22, 2021 an Instagram post
"President Trump's net gain while in office $0, Nancy Pelosi's net gain while in office $191 million."
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July 7, 2021
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2021 Twitter
During the pandemic, “I’ve been in D.C. voting regularly.”
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By Laura Schulte • June 15, 2021
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2021 an interview with Ezra Klein
“The filibuster, if it does not get reformed, still means that maybe 30% of the population potentially controls the majority of Senate seats.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2021
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on February 22, 2021 a tweet
Says the American Civil Liberties Union opposes H.R. 1 on grounds that “it threatens our freedom of speech.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 19, 2021 a speech
“The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.”
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By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 5, 2021 an interview on CBS
“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”
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By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2021
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 1, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Steve Bullock “failed to act” when his “most senior political aide was caught sexually harassing women. Bullock knew about the harassment but said nothing, remaining silent when the aide took another job where he harassed women again.”
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October 15, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 25, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Sri Kulkarni attended “notorious desert drug parties” and was arrested for cocaine.
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October 6, 2020
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on September 17, 2020 a campaign website
Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”
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By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.”
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By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2020
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos
stated on July 29, 2020 a congressional hearing
“The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.”
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By Emily Venezky • August 6, 2020
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
stated on April 13, 2020 a Facebook post
"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
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By Bill McCarthy • April 15, 2020
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2020 a CNN town hall
Says Democratic members of Congress who represent Cuban Americans in Florida and have been critical of Sanders “just so happen to be supporting other candidates.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2020 a Facebook post
The percent of millionaires in Congress is 50% while the percent among the U.S. public is 1 percent
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By Amy Sherman • January 22, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 12, 2019 a Facebook post
Obama-era ban on whole and 2% milk in schools has caused "notable decline" in student milk consumption.
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By Eric Litke • July 12, 2019
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