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Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
stated on February 15, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

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