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Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on October 2, 2013 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
stated on September 23, 2013 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
stated on September 5, 2013 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
stated on August 23, 2013 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
stated on August 20, 2013 an email:

Congress secured special Obamacare rules "to prevent their healthcare costs from rising."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • September 3, 2013

James Langevin
stated on August 12, 2013 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
stated on August 10, 2013 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
stated on July 30, 2013 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
stated on July 21, 2013 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
stated on May 2, 2013 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
stated on June 4, 2013 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
stated on June 4, 2013 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
stated on May 23, 2013 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
stated on April 7, 2013 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
stated on April 5, 2013 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
stated on March 25, 2013 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

Ron Wyden
stated on April 1, 2013 a press conference:

Says "I've authored the first bipartisan tax reform bill in a quarter-century."

Mostly True

By Janie Har • April 6, 2013

Jack Reed
stated on February 27, 2013 a speech:

"Even Roger Williams National Memorial in my home state of Rhode Island attracted nearly 51,000 visitors in 2011, with non local visitors adding more than $3.2 million to the local economy."

Half-True

By John Hill • March 27, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.:

Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."

Half-True

By Becky Bowers • February 22, 2013

Steny Hoyer
stated on February 12, 2013 a media availability with reporters:

"The majority of (the American people) voted for a Democratic House."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2013

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