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Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 3, 2015 remarks in San Antonio:
As many as six federal department budget bills have been delayed because of opposition to amendments that would ban Confederate battle flag sales at federal building gift shops.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on August 10, 2015 a speech.:
"I was one of the few, very few, who voted `no’ on the Iran deal."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 31, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 12, 2015 a press release:
Says Patrick Murphy "hasn't passed a single bill out of committee."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 18, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech in Miami:
On the Cuba embargo.  
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on July 17, 2015 a meme on Facebook:
"House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers."
False
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 28, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on July 9, 2015 an announcement video:
"In the past two years in Congress, I’ve written more bills, passed more amendments on the floor of the House and enacted more of my bills into law than any other member of the House."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 14, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 18, 2015 U.S. Senate:
"This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years."  
True
By Mark Reynolds • June 21, 2015
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 press conference:
Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Institute for Women's Policy Research
stated on May 20, 2015 a new report:
Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 27, 2015
Trey Gowdy
Trey Gowdy
stated on May 15, 2015 an interview on Fox News:
Says the State Department has "had half a year" to respond to a Benghazi document request, yet "I have not gotten a single, solitary scrap of paper."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 21, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 remarks in New Hampshire:
"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 15, 2015 press release:
The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 24, 2015
Mackubin Thomas Owens
Mackubin Thomas Owens
stated on March 18, 2015 a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administration’s position on nuclear disarmament."
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • April 12, 2015
Brook Hines
Brook Hines
stated on April 6, 2015 an online op-ed column:
Says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has "sided with the GOP on key votes twice as often as he sided with Democrats."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on March 23, 2015 a statement on a website:
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy "voted to allow members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 10, 2015 a broadcast of "The Rush Limbaugh Show":
Says "Ted Kennedy sent a letter to then Soviet leader Yuri Andropov apologizing for Ronald Reagan and begging the Soviets not to overreact."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2015
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2015 a statement released to the media:
"The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2015
Doug Collins
Doug Collins
stated on March 3, 2015 in a newspaper article:
President Obama said "22 times" he could not authorize immigration reform by executive order.  
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 6, 2015
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on January 6, 2015 an interview with the Concord Monitor at her Concord office :
Says she has opposed measures to weaken the Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulatory bill and campaign-finance legislation when they were offered as stand-alone bills.
Half-True
By Nick Reid • February 26, 2015
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