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Tim Canova
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
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
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
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
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
March 17, 2016
Right to Rise
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
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
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
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
March 4, 2016
Stephanie Schriock
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
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
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
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball
"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 2, 2016 a campaign event in Keene, N.H.
Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations."
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • February 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 25, 2016 a CNN town hall
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on January 20, 2016 a letter
"It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces."  
True
By Mark Reynolds • January 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 4, 2016 a posting on the Clinton website
"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 7, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 3, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 15, 2015 an interview by actress Lena Dunham
"More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."
Mostly True
By Emma Hinchliffe • January 2, 2016
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on December 8, 2015 a newspaper ad
"Under conservative leadership, Congress has reduced the federal deficit by 60 percent – nearly $800 billion."  
Mostly False
December 11, 2015
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