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Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 5, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2021
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
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By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on March 7, 2021 TV interview
“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 25, 2021
Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on March 8, 2021 a Tweet
"If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 19, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 4, 2021 a Senate speech
“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”
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By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2021
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on November 7, 2020 a Tweet
“Every single swing-seat House Democrat who endorsed #MedicareForAll won re-election or is on track to win re-election. Every. Single. One.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 17, 2020
Michigan Democratic Party
Michigan Democratic Party
stated on September 24, 2020 an email
“James is the only Senate candidate in a battleground state who has refused to take a position” on whether the Senate should promptly vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
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By Clara Hendrickson • September 25, 2020
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 30, 2020 a tweet
"Our country and Constitution was built on a foundational separation of church and state."
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By D.L. Davis • July 17, 2020
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 a speech
“House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • February 12, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
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By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
Jim Himes
Jim Himes
stated on December 18, 2019 in an impeachment debate
Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • December 19, 2019
Roland Martin
Roland Martin
stated on July 21, 2019 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."
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By Bill McCarthy • July 25, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."
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By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on January 9, 2019 a TV interview.
"We took a deal to the president just last February, less than a year ago -- $25 billion over 10 years in border security done the right way - and the president blew up the deal."
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By Warren Fiske • January 15, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on November 12, 2018 a television interview
"Studies even show that when women go to Congress they get more things done - more bipartisan effort, more bills passed."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 16, 2018
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on October 14, 2018 in a panel discussion
A letter to President Donald Trump from 22 senators "is a way of saying to the president, ‘You are now under an affirmative requirement, legal requirement, to investigate' " journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and suspected murder.
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By John Kruzel • October 16, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 18, 2018 an ad
Says Bill Nelson "skipped 45 percent of the hearings on national security."
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By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2018
M.J. Hegar
M.J. Hegar
stated on August 21, 2018 an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight"
Says U.S. Rep. John Carter "hasn’t held a town hall in five years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on July 10, 2018 a press conference
Says Sherrod Brown "votes 97 percent with Chuck Schumer, almost 95 plus percent with Elizabeth Warren."
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By Amy Sherman • July 31, 2018
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on January 29, 2018 a speech
Says Mike DeWine "flip-flopped on the gun issue and has earned an F from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2018
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