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Dan Sullivan
stated on September 17, 2014 in a Facebook meme:

Says Sen. Mark Begich is ineffective because he has only "passed one bill, the naming of a building."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • September 22, 2014

Tom Cotton
stated on September 18, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says "President Obama hijacked the farm bill (and) turned it into a food stamp bill."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • September 19, 2014

Maria Cardona
stated on September 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"The Republican Party has the worst reputation in American polling of any political party in history."

Half-True

By Derek Tsang • September 12, 2014

Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on August 25, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s "wealth has surged while in public office."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • September 2, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on August 15, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says of Mitch McConnell, "What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2014 in a Saturday broadcast address:

Congress is on "vacation."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2014

Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on August 13, 2014 in a campaign ad:

"In six years, (U.S. Rep. Gary) Peters introduced zero bills that became law."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • August 20, 2014

Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on August 3, 2014 in an interview on "10 News Conference.":

Sen. Jack Reed "cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 17, 2014

Freedom Partners
stated on August 6, 2014 in a television ad:

Sen. Jeff Merkley "voted six times for more debt."

False

By Dana Tims • August 15, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on August 8, 2014 in speech at Red State Gathering in Fort Worth:

Congress is "on a five-week vacation."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2014

David Perdue
stated on August 4, 2014 in during an appearance in Middle Georgia:

"There are only about 10 people in the United States Senate who have any real business experience."

Mostly True

By Nancy Badertscher • August 13, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 in a speech in Iowa:

"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."

True

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014

Lynn Jenkins
stated on July 29, 2014 in a press conference:

In the "do-nothing Senate," there are 352 House bills "sitting on Harry Reid’s desk awaiting action," including 55 introduced by Democrats.

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2014

Sheila Jackson Lee
stated on July 30, 2014 in a House floor speech:

"We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014

Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 29, 2014 in a fundraising letter:

"The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history."

True

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014

Concerned Veterans for America
stated on July 25, 2014 in a television ad:

Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, "skipped an important VA reform hearing to attend three fundraisers."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • July 30, 2014

Concerned Veterans for America
stated on July 25, 2014 in a television ad:

Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, missed "79 percent of veterans affairs committee hearings."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • July 30, 2014

David Perdue
stated on July 8, 2014 in radio and television ad:

Says Congressman Jack Kingston voted to "raise his pay seven times."

Mostly False

By Nancy Badertscher • July 11, 2014

Tom Cotton
stated on July 8, 2014 in a television ad:

Says he "voted for disaster relief and full funding of FEMA."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • July 9, 2014

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week":

Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.

False

By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014

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