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Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on July 1, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"Justin Amash is rated Michigan’s No. 1 conservative" by National Right to Life.
False
By Steve Contorno • July 7, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2014 in a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base:
Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because  President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2014
Joe Zepecki
Joe Zepecki
stated on June 23, 2014 in an interview:
The Wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. rate during only three months when Mary Burke was state commerce secretary.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 6, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on June 20, 2014 in a radio ad:
"As Alaska’s attorney general, (U.S. Senate candidate Dan) Sullivan successfully fought to protect our Second Amendment rights and passed ‘stand your ground.’ "
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 2, 2014
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Texas Democratic Party:
Says he lived in a colonia while working as a farm worker.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 2, 2014
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on June 26, 2014 in an interview with KERA News:
"The platform of the Republican Party says deport everybody and to hell with it."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2014
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 29, 2014
James Buchal
James Buchal
stated on June 16, 2014 in a campaign website statement:
"The government -- not the armed forces -- is stockpiling hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use."
False
By Dana Tims • June 27, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today":
"The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 26, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 26, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email:
Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office."
False
By Shannon Beckham • June 25, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on June 22, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says President Barack Obama said when "we got bin Laden, terrorism problem solved."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 24, 2014
Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera America
stated on June 14, 2014 in a documentary:
The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is "just up the hill" from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior.  
False
By James B. Nelson • June 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 in a TV interview:
Says the secret John Doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been "resolved" and two judges have said it is "over."
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • June 20, 2014
Monica Wehby
Monica Wehby
stated on May 15, 2014 in a campaign website statement:
The U.N. Arms Treaty "infringes upon our right to keep and bear arms."
False
By Dana Tims • June 20, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet:
Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.
False
By Steve Contorno • June 19, 2014
Jeanine Pirro
Jeanine Pirro
stated on June 14, 2014 in a broadcast on Fox News:
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 19, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 18, 2014 in a segment on "The Rush Limbaugh Show":
The decision to cancel the trademark of the Washington Redskins "is not the Patent and Trademark Office. This is Barack Obama."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 19, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 16, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"Gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2014
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on June 5, 2014 in a statement on his website:
"Only after news broke that our veterans are dying because of inadequate health care did Harry Reid and Senate Democrats take action."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 16, 2014
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