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Colorado's Voice
stated on May 5, 2016 a news release:

Says "Mike Coffman is with Trump."

Mostly False

By Alan Gathright • May 18, 2016

Alan Grayson
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview with CBS4:

Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2016

Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 a fundraising email:

Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on April 12, 2016 a press release:

"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • April 29, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on April 8, 2016 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:

Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times.

Mostly True

By Allie Morris • April 29, 2016

David Jolly
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate:

Says he "was the only Republican" to vote against creating a House panel to investigate Planned Parenthood.

True

By Joshua Gillin • April 26, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 15, 2016 a television ad:

"Washington politicians are paid over $200,000 an hour for speeches."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2016

Patrick Murphy
stated on April 6, 2016 a conference call with reporters:

Florida’s regulations on the payday lending industry are "stronger than almost any other state."

False

By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2016

Tim Canova
stated on March 24, 2016 campaign website:

"After taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks, (Debbie Wasserman Schultz) has voted to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from regulating payday loans and addressing racial discrimination in car loans."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • March 30, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 20, 2016 "Fox News Sunday":

Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."

False

By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2016

Harry Reid
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Senate Democrats "have never held up a Supreme Court nomination."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2016

Roy Zimmerman
stated on March 13, 2016 a YouTube video:

"Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 17, 2016

Gwen Moore
stated on March 16, 2016 a tweet:

"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."

True

By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016

Right to Rise
stated on March 1, 2016 a television ad.:

Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 8, 2016

Jon Keyser
stated on February 11, 2016 a candidate forum :

Says Michael Bennet wants to close Guantanamo Bay prison and bring terrorists "right here to Colorado."

False

By Alan Gathright • March 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint:

Says Bernie Sanders "was against the auto bailout" and "voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • March 7, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 an interview:

"There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2016

Stephanie Schriock
stated on February 1, 2016 as quoted by the Texas Tribune:

"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."

True

By Emma Hinchliffe • February 29, 2016

Cory Gardner
stated on February 24, 2016 a talk show:

"It's been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee."

False

By Alan Gathright • February 26, 2016

New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release:

Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."

Mostly False

By Clay Wirestone • February 19, 2016

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