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Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show":

The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

Barbara Comstock
stated on July 7, 2014 in a web post.:

Obamacare "already has caused millions of hardworking Virginians to lose their health insurance."

False

By Sean Gorman • July 20, 2014

New Approach Oregon
stated on June 26, 2014 in a website statement:

In Oregon, 12,808 people were arrested for marijuana-related crimes in 2012.

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • July 18, 2014

Jack Kingston
stated on July 8, 2014 in Friends of Jack Kingston flyer:

David Perdue "has never voted in a Republican primary until his name was on the ballot."

False

By Nancy Badertscher • July 18, 2014

Roberto Alonzo
stated on July 16, 2014 in a press release:

"Latinos now make up the majority population in Texas."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media:

Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2014

Brad Schimel
stated on June 26, 2014 in a fund-raising email:

Says attorney general candidate Jon Richards "went so far to say he would only enforce the laws with which he personally agreed."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 16, 2014

Lou Dobbs
stated on July 1, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight':

The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration."

False

By Katie Sanders • July 15, 2014

Donna Edwards
stated on July 13, 2014 in a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":

"74 percent of Republicans support the Affordable Care Act."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2014

Mark Sickles
stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech.:

Says 70 percent of Virginia’s Medicaid cost is for seniors in nursing homes.

False

By Nancy Madsen • July 14, 2014

Nicholas Mattiello
stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers.":

On the last night of the General Assembly, "by 11 o'clock 95 to 98 percent of the business was done. So we really didn't have that late-night session. We were just holding on one bill."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2014

Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 10, 2014 in a press conference:

The U.S. Supreme Court is "five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2014

Monica Wehby
stated on July 9, 2014 in an economic issues statement:

The 2011 Rebuild America Jobs Act "would have cost the average American family $1,000 a year while making no significant impact to fix our infrastructure and roads."

False

By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014

Jeff Merkley
stated on July 9, 2014 in an economic issues statement:

"I co-sponsored the Rebuild America Jobs Act" for transportation and infrastructure.

False

By Dana Tims • July 11, 2014

Kendall Jones
stated on July 2, 2014 in a Facebook post:

"Without the financial resources provided by hunters to protect habitat and stop poachers, there would be no infrastructure for wildlife management."

False

By Linda Qiu • July 11, 2014

Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour":

When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 10, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Mitch McConnell voted to raise Medicare costs for a current Kentucky senior by $6,000.

False

By Steve Contorno • July 10, 2014

Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 in blog posts:

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office "received zero complaints" about the Washington Redskins name.

False

By Katie Sanders • July 9, 2014

Reince Priebus
stated on July 7, 2014 in a tweet:

"Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2014

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week":

Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.

False

By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014

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