Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

Clear
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 6, 2022 a tweet:
"Val Demings supports abortion up until the moment of birth."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • September 16, 2022
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on August 31, 2022 a tweet:
“60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2022
Ben Cline
Ben Cline
stated on August 12, 2022 a statement.:
A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann, Warren Fiske • August 24, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2022 a Facebook post:
"The IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • August 18, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 16, 2022 a press release:
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann • August 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2022 a Facebook post:
"Biden and most Democrats want to cap insulin prices at $35 per month. All 50 Republicans in the Senate are opposed to it.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • February 10, 2022
Iowa Republican Party
Iowa Republican Party
stated on January 24, 2022 a news release:
When asked if she supports the Build Back Better bill, Abby Finkenauer said that she didn’t know what was in it.
Mostly False
By Nina Baker • January 28, 2022
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 a radio interview:
“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 21, 2021 a tweet:
The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on September 29, 2021 an exchange between CNN hosts:
Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 31, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 31 blocked members of Congress from reading aloud on the House floor the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan.
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • September 9, 2021
Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson
stated on August 17, 2021 an interview with Breitbart:
Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2021
Rodney Davis
Rodney Davis
stated on July 27, 2021 remarks at a press conference:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “office was calling the shots on all of their (Capitol security officials’) actions on Jan. 6.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2021 a Facebook post:
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 1, 2021 a speech in Tulsa, Okla.:
"Two members of the Senate," Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, "voted more with my Republican friends" than with the president from their own party.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2021
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on March 27, 2021 a video posted on Instagram:
HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 20, 2021 a speech:
“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2021 a Facebook post:
Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 a speech at CPAC:
HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2021 a Facebook post:
Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 25, 2021
Previous Next