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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2015

Kevin Russell
stated on October 28, 2015 an opinion column:

"In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • December 7, 2015

Viral image
stated on November 17, 2015 a viral meme on social media:

While Americans pray for Paris, the government has acted on mandatory national vaccinations.

Pants on Fire!

By April Hunt • November 20, 2015

Pete Gallego
stated on October 23, 2015 a blog post by the Texas Tribune:

Will Hurd "tends to have a 96 percent straight Republican, straight party voting record."

True

By Filipa Ioannou • November 15, 2015

Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 31, 2015 a campaign email:

"‘Dark money’ spending" in the 2016 election cycle "is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle," when it topped $308 million.

True

By Tom Kertscher • November 5, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Meet the Press":

"If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • November 1, 2015

Reader
stated on October 24, 2015 a Tweet to PolitiFact Georgia:

"How is a misogynist bigot of epic proportions (like U.S. Rep. Steven Smith) allowed to serve?"

Pants on Fire!

By April Hunt • October 28, 2015

Viral image
stated on October 23, 2015 posts on the Internet:

Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 5, 2015 on NBC's Today Show:

"There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make."

Mostly True

By Clayton Youngman • October 12, 2015

Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2015 comments on "Meet the Press":

Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience."

False

By Linda Qiu • October 11, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 30, 2015 a campaign Tweet:

The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."

False

By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2015

Tom Cole
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on Fox News Sunday:

"There’s no money" for Planned Parenthood in the bill that would keep the government open.

True

By Lauren Carroll • September 29, 2015

Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 a TV ad in Iowa:

Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2015

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