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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

Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 5, 2015 remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking:

Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • May 14, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 an interview:

Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on April 13, 2015 an interview on National Public Radio:

"The Iranians are now saying that what we're saying the deal is and what they understand it to be are two different things."

True

By Lauren Carroll • May 1, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on April 27, 2015 a segment on 'Morning Joe':

Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation.

False

By Katie Sanders • April 28, 2015

Newt Gingrich
stated on April 26, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":

The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • April 26, 2015

Peter Schweizer
stated on April 26, 2015 his book "Clinton Cash":

"Of the 13 (Bill) Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state."

True

By Lauren Carroll • April 26, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on April 18, 2015 a speech in Nashua, N.H.:

"Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour."

True

By Allie Morris • April 24, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on April 20, 2015 an interview with NPR:

"We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2015

Reince Priebus
stated on April 12, 2015 an interview:

Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2015

Kirsten Powers
stated on April 12, 2015 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":

Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2015

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

Barack Obama
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview with the 'New York Times.':

"Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015

Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America
stated on April 7, 2015 an ad:

"Rand Paul supports Obama's negotiations with Iran."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • April 7, 2015

Bloggers
stated on March 16, 2015 a blog post:

"Obama has been sending taxpayer dollars, at least $350,000 to fund anti-Likud, anti-Netanyahu groups in Israel for (the) election."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 2015

Glenn Beck
stated on March 19, 2015 a Facebook post:

"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2015

Sean Hannity
stated on March 10, 2015 remarks on Fox's Hannity:

In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset."

False

By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2015

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015

Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 an interview on Fox News:

Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015

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

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