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Barbara Comstock
Barbara Comstock
stated on July 7, 2014 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
New Approach Oregon
stated on June 26, 2014 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
Jack Kingston
stated on July 8, 2014 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
Roberto Alonzo
stated on July 16, 2014 a press release
"Latinos now make up the majority population in Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 16, 2014 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
Brad Schimel
stated on June 26, 2014 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
Lou Dobbs
stated on July 1, 2014 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
Donna Edwards
stated on July 13, 2014 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
Mark Sickles
stated on June 23, 2014 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
Nicholas Mattiello
stated on July 6, 2014 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
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 10, 2014 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
Monica Wehby
stated on July 9, 2014 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
Jeff Merkley
stated on July 9, 2014 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
Kendall Jones
stated on July 2, 2014 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
Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 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
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 10, 2014 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
Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 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
Reince Priebus
stated on July 7, 2014 a tweet
"Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2014
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 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
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on July 1, 2014 a campaign ad
"Justin Amash is rated Michigan’s No. 1 conservative" by National Right to Life.
False
By Steve Contorno • July 7, 2014
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