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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 12, 2018 a blog post
"Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays and lesbians from adopting."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • July 24, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 21, 2018 an interview
Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."  
Mostly True
June 22, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on June 19, 2018 a statement
On separating families at the border.  
Half Flip
June 20, 2018
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on January 15, 2018 a campaign statement
Says President Barack Obama advocated "fathers in the home" as the solution to gun violence.
False
By Brett Chase • January 26, 2018
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 29, 2017 a House floor speech
The House tax plan "would provide permanent tax cuts for individuals who are multi-millionaires and billionaires," but "all middle-class families will eventually face a tax increase, since tax relief for them expires."  
Half-True
December 15, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 an interview
Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."
Half-True
December 8, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 3, 2017 a speech
"With this plan, the typical family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2017
Luther Strange
Luther Strange
stated on September 21, 2017 a debate
Alabama is "the most generous state in the union in terms of what we give to charities."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2017
David Frum
David Frum
stated on August 21, 2017 a tweet
"No president in history has imposed larger personal lifestyle costs on the taxpayer than Donald Trump."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 23, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on June 1, 2017 a tweet
"The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget."
True
By Will Doran • June 6, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 a town hall
"If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years."  
False
By Grace Hase • May 23, 2017
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on May 4, 2017
Says if the AHCA replaces Obamacare it will "significantly reduce insurance premiums in" North Carolina.
Half-True
By Will Doran • May 10, 2017
Robert Pittenger
Robert Pittenger
stated on May 2, 2017 a written statement
Says the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, "absolutely does not eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • May 4, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a panel discussion in Berlin, Germany
"The single-largest expense in  over half of American households is child care."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2017
Ellen Troxclair
Ellen Troxclair
stated on February 23, 2017 an interview with Austin’s Fox 7 about her proposed affordability plan
"Since 2012," city of Austin "property taxes have gone up almost 30 percent while incomes have only risen 4 percent."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a press briefing
"Obamacare has failed."
Mostly False
February 1, 2017
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on January 10, 2017 a news conference
Wisconsin’s middle class is the "most diminished" in the United States.   
False
By Jonathan Anderson • January 20, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 31, 2016 remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
"One in five American households have nobody under the same roof that's got a job."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 5, 2016 a speech
Says Donald Trump’s plan to repeal the estate tax would mean the Walmart Walton family would "get a $53 billion tax break."  
Half-True
October 17, 2016
Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
stated on September 28, 2016 an interview with Cosmo
Says "Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party want to get rid of the public school system."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 29, 2016
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