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Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on October 2, 2013 in a TV interview.:
"It’s been 4 and a half years since the United States Senate passed a budget."
False
By Nancy Madsen • October 14, 2013
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 9, 2013 in remarks from the Senate floor:
"Ninety six percent of employers in the Granite State are considered small businesses."
True
By Jim Haddadin • October 11, 2013
Chris Latvala
Chris Latvala
stated on October 9, 2013 in a tweet:
"Many don’t know that Bill Young was once the minority leader in the Florida Senate...because he was the only Republican senator."
True
By Katie Sanders • October 9, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 7, 2013 in a campaign ad:
Says Sen. Mark Pryor voted for "special subsidies" for lawmakers and staff in Congress "so they’re protected from Obamacare."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2013
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on October 2, 2013 in an interview on CNN:
There is "a constitutional issue" that affects "the paychecks of members of Congress" during a shutdown.
True
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on September 23, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio program:
"I would be the first Republican senator elected in New Jersey in 41 years."
True
By Caryn Shinske • September 29, 2013
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”:
Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
Campaign for Liberty - Georgia
Campaign for Liberty - Georgia
stated on August 23, 2013 in a flier:
Says U.S. Rep. Tom Price is sending letters both supporting and opposing the "small-business killing Internet Tax Mandate."
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 9, 2013
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on August 20, 2013 in an email:
Congress secured special Obamacare rules "to prevent their healthcare costs from rising."  
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 3, 2013
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on WPRO-AM:
Under Obamacare, members of Congress are required to purchase their health insurance from the new exchanges.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 18, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 10, 2013 in a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa:
Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception" to Obamacare.
False
By Becky Bowers • August 14, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 30, 2013 in an MSNBC interview:
Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • August 2, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 2, 2013 in a speech:
"In the past four years, (the U.S. Senate) has only passed nine out of 48 appropriation bills."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • June 21, 2013
Christine Whitman
Christine Whitman
stated on June 4, 2013 in an interview on The John Gambling radio show:
"We haven't had a Republican senator in Washington for ... why, I think Clifford Case was our last Republican senator."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 13, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on June 4, 2013 in a U.S. Ways and Means hearing:
Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited."
False
By Janie Har • June 13, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 23, 2013 in a press release:
Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."  
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 1, 2013
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on April 7, 2013 in a television interview:
North Korea has a "substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world."
True
By Michael McKinney • May 10, 2013
John Barrow
John Barrow
stated on April 5, 2013 in a letter:
Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2013
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on March 25, 2013 in a radio interview.:
Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • April 8, 2013
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