Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Social Media
Social Media
stated on June 10, 2024 a post
Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi “takes responsibility for not having the National Guard” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
False
By Sara Swann • June 13, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 5, 2024 a TikTok video
Audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur leaked.
False
June 7, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 9, 2024 una publicación en Instagram
"La Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos acaba de aprobar... el proyecto Antisemitismo que propone eliminar parte de la biblia".
False
By Maria Briceño • May 17, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 9, 2024 an Instagram post
“The House of Representatives in the U.S. just passed … the Antisemitism Act that proposes to eliminate part of the Bible.”
False
By Maria Briceño • May 16, 2024
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 27, 2024 Public appearance
“We passed 27 bills last year, which is the fewest since the Depression.”
True
By Laura Schulte • April 17, 2024
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on March 24, 2024 remarks on ABC's "This Week"
The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • April 3, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 21, 2024 an Instagram post
Video shows legislators “dancing in Congress” while the border is “overrun.”
False
March 22, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on February 16, 2024 a post on X
The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 23, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 12, 2024 a memo shared with GOP colleagues
“The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 16, 2024
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on January 19, 2024 an impeachment hearing
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border
False
By Bayliss Wagner • February 12, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on January 28, 2024 a video
Rep. Ilhan Omar said her "top priority is to put Somalia first and expand its territory.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 1, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 19, 2024 a video on Instagram
President Joe Biden changed the State of the Union Address from summer to March.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • January 24, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 15, 2024 a video
Congress has passed a $6,400 subsidy for low-income Americans.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 19, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 14, 2023 remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner
Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.”
Half-True
By Grace Abels • November 3, 2023
MAGA Inc
MAGA Inc
stated on October 28, 2023 a TV ad in Iowa
Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2023
Andy Biggs
Andy Biggs
stated on October 16, 2023 a post on X
The Democrats are pushing “to take in a million Palestinian refugees.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2023
Rebecca Cooke
Rebecca Cooke
stated on September 1, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
"Derrick Van Orden is one of the only members of Congress who participated in the deadly January 6th insurrection. He now serves in the building he tried to burn down."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2023
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on September 28, 2023 a segment of "The Five" on Fox News
James Biden’s text message to Hunter Biden that says, “I can work with you(r) father alone,” shows that Joe Biden was “in business” with Hunter Biden.
False
By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2023
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 1, 2023 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2023 an Instagram post
U.S. aid to Ukraine will continue during a government shutdown, but programs for food stamps, transportation, education, justice, environmental protection and homelessness will not.
Half-True
September 26, 2023
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