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Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2015 in 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
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 30, 2015 in a campaign Tweet:
The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2015
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on September 27, 2015 in 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
Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 in a TV ad in Iowa:
Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2015
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 3, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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