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Latest Fact-Checks On John Cornyn

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John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on February 14, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
Says of a failed cloture vote on nominating Chuck Hagel for defense secretary: "This is not a filibuster."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2013
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 19, 2012 a tweet
Says veterans’ disability claims backlog doubled in Obama’s first term.
True
By Sue Owen • November 28, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 21, 2012 a Facebook post.
Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II. 
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on June 12, 2012 a commentary posted on the Fox News website.
Says lawyer appointed by Eric Holder to investigate government leaks helped and donated to Obama's campaign, vetting vice presidential prospects.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 24, 2011 a Twitter message.
Congressional Budget Office "says 8 (percent) unemployment till 2014!"
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 7, 2011 a Senate floor speech
"Fifty-one percent -- that is, a majority of American households -- paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 9, 2011 a hearing
Says that during the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the U.S. detained people from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism on the southwestern border.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 1, 2011
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on December 1, 2010 an op-ed
"All but one of the 50 states already have some form of a balanced budget amendment in their state constitutions."
Half-True
December 25, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 4, 2010 a statement
Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."
Half-True
November 15, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on September 21, 2010 a statement
A defense bill "includes language that would require military hospitals to provide abortions on demand."
False
September 27, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 27, 2010 a border stop.
On hearings about automatic citizenship provision in U.S. Constitution.
Half Flip
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2010 a press release
"Taxpayer money will provide iPod Touch devices to high school students in Utah, BlackBerry smart phones to smokers who kick the habit and funding for a study of exotic ants in East Africa."
Mostly True
August 24, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 9, 2010 a Talking Points Memo article
"There have been 30 published polls in this election cycle and Harry Reid's been trailing in every single one."
False
July 17, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 1, 2010 a conference call with Texas reporters
"Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance."
True
July 11, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2010 on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the Arizona immigration law "expressly bans racial profiling."
Half-True
May 29, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 10, 2010 a news release
On the importance of judicial experience for Supreme Court nominees.
Half Flip
By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on May 10, 2010 a press release
"Ms. Kagan has spent her entire professional career in Harvard Square, Hyde Park and the D.C. Beltway."  
True
May 10, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 17, 2010 in a letter to President Barack Obama
"The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating."
Mostly False
March 28, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2010 a televised interview
"The No. 1 issue that the American people care about is getting America back to work."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on October 18, 2009 an interview on CBS's Face the Nation
"The first installment of health care reform ... will raise the deficit by $250 billion."
Half-True
October 20, 2009
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