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Latest Fact-Checks In Bipartisanship

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Ron Wyden
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
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on March 17, 2013 an interview on “Fox News Sunday”
"Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 26, 2013
Barack Obama
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
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 7, 2013 a Facebook post.
"The last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country’s bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2013
Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus
stated on January 3, 2013 an online video
"Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support."
True
By Joe Guillen • January 17, 2013
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 16, 2012 a TV debate
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown shows someone can be bipartisan in Congress because he "votes about 66 percent with his own party."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 11, 2012 a debate in Danville, Ky.
"There's not one Democrat who endorses" the Romney-Ryan Medicare plan.
True
By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 26, 2012 an appearance on "Face the Nation" on CBS
Says that in the U.S. House of Representatives "we’ve had bipartisan support for the repeal of Obamacare … for getting rid of cap and trade … for building the Keystone Pipeline."
True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • September 24, 2012
Mark Strama
Mark Strama
stated on September 5, 2012 remarks to Texas delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
Says Rush Limbaugh made it clear he’d rather see the country fail than President Barack Obama succeed.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on July 26, 2012 a news release
"In her nearly decade and (a) half in Congress, Tammy Baldwin has sponsored 105 bills. Only three have been enacted into law."
Mostly True
August 6, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 12, 2012 a radio ad.
Every "major newspaper in Texas calls" David Dewhurst "a moderate."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2012
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on June 13, 2012 a statement made after he filed for re-election at the N.H. Secretary of State’s office.
"Now, in the House of Representatives, we have 40 different jobs bills that have passed and almost all of them have been bipartisan."  
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 22, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 6, 2012 a radio appearance
"Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes" in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 13, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 3, 2012 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"When I started in Ohio it was terrible. Now, we’re getting bipartisan support for our bills. And that’s called leadership."
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • June 11, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on June 8, 2012 remarks to Hispanic Caucus at Texas Democratic Party convention in Houston.
Says Democratic runoff opponent Grady Yarbrough twice previously ran statewide as a Republican.
True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
John Barrow
John Barrow
stated on May 17, 2012 in an op-ed
"Forty years ago ... about half of congressional districts were genuinely competitive. Today, only about 10 percent of House races on Cook Political Report are listed as ‘toss-ups’ or ‘lean’ to one party."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 4, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on April 23, 2012 a speech
Each U.S. House member who voted to overhaul Social Security in 1983 was re-elected.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 8, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 29, 2012 an interview
In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 a debate in Tampa, Fla.
"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2012
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on January 13, 2012 a campaign mailer
Rob Cornilles has been endorsed by 20 local mayors, including Independent, Democratic and Republican. 
False
By Janie Har • January 23, 2012
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