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Latest Fact-Checks In Financial Regulation

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Center for Individual Freedom
Center for Individual Freedom
stated on April 13, 2016 a TV ad
Says Paul Ryan backs a proposal that would be a "bailout" of Puerto Rico.  
Half-True
May 6, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 15, 2016 a television ad
"Washington politicians are paid over $200,000 an hour for speeches."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on April 6, 2016 a conference call with reporters
Florida’s regulations on the payday lending industry are "stronger than almost any other state."  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 comments on Meet the Press
"I'm the only candidate in the Democratic primary, or actually on either side, who Wall Street financiers and hedge fund managers are actually running ads against."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • April 3, 2016
Future45
Future45
stated on March 8, 2016 a television ad
Banks paid Hillary Clinton "over $1 million and are contributing millions more to elect her."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint
Says Bernie Sanders "was against the auto bailout" and "voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • March 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.
"President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 18, 2016 an MSNBC-Telemundo town hall
"You are three times more likely to be able to get a mortgage if you're a white applicant than if you're black or Hispanic, even if you have the same credentials."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate
"The African-American community lost half of their wealth as a result of the Wall Street collapse."
True
By Linda Qiu • February 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 2, 2016 a campaign event in Keene, N.H.
Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations."
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • February 5, 2016
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on January 20, 2016 a radio interview
"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."
False
January 27, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 10, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has "no congressional oversight."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 19, 2015 comments on the Daily Show
Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 22, 2015
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on October 9, 2015 a blog post
"Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress."  
Mostly False
October 15, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 23, 2015 an interview
"The pope and Donald Trump and Tammy Baldwin all agree" on eliminating the "carried-interest" tax break.  
Half-True
September 24, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 an interview with Inc. magazine
"There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • August 19, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 the first GOP primary debate.
"Over 40 percent of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out since Dodd-Frank has passed."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 12, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2015 a town hall in Nashua, N.H.
"The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 remarks in Manhattan
Says she "called for addressing risks of derivatives, cracking down on subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight" early on in the financial crisis.
True
By Lauren Carroll • July 15, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech
Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."
Mostly True
June 19, 2015
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