Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on April 28, 2017 a radio interview
"President Trump has passed more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Harry Truman."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • May 1, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 an interview
In Congress, "on the Democratic side of the room, you’ve got men and women of all different races; on the other side, you’ve got a bunch of white men in dark suits, all over 55 or so."
Mostly True
April 28, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on April 25, 2017 the daily White House press briefing
Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 27, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 14, 2017 a video
"Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 14, 2017
Fight for the Future
Fight for the Future
stated on March 28, 2017 a tweet
"215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers." 
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 30, 2017
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview on 'Face the Nation'
"In 2009, Mitch McConnell was the person that’s saying, 'Hey, we should get all the ethics information in before we do the hearings.' "
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 8, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 6, 2016 a TV ad
The U.S. Senate has "one manufacturer — that'd be me."
Mostly True
By Cara Lombardo • October 4, 2016
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 16, 2016 a tweet
Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 3, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 a fundraising email
Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on April 12, 2016 a press release
"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • April 29, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on April 8, 2016 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor
Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times.
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • April 29, 2016
Tim Canova
Tim Canova
stated on March 24, 2016 campaign website
"After taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks, (Debbie Wasserman Schultz) has voted to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from regulating payday loans and addressing racial discrimination in car loans."    
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 30, 2016
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Senate Democrats "have never held up a Supreme Court nomination."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 4, 2016 a posting on the Clinton website
"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 7, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 15, 2015 an interview by actress Lena Dunham
"More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."
Mostly True
By Emma Hinchliffe • January 2, 2016
Kevin Russell
Kevin Russell
stated on October 28, 2015 an opinion column
"In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 7, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Meet the Press"
"If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • November 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 5, 2015 on NBC's Today Show
"There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make."
Mostly True
By Clayton Youngman • October 12, 2015
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 a TV ad in Iowa
Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2015
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