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Bloggers
stated on July 12, 2018 in 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
stated on June 21, 2018 in 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

By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on June 19, 2018 in a statement:

On separating families at the border.

Half Flip

By Tom Kertscher • June 20, 2018

Jeanne Ives
stated on January 15, 2018 in 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
stated on November 29, 2017 in 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

By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 in 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

By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on November 3, 2017 in 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
stated on September 21, 2017 in 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
stated on August 21, 2017 in 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
stated on June 1, 2017 in a tweet:

"The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget."

True

By Will Doran • June 6, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 in 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
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
stated on May 2, 2017 in 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
stated on April 25, 2017 in 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
stated on February 23, 2017 in 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
stated on January 5, 2017 in a press briefing:

"Obamacare has failed."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2017

Peter Barca
stated on January 10, 2017 in a news conference:

Wisconsin’s middle class is the "most diminished" in the United States.

False

By Jonathan Anderson • January 20, 2017

Mike Pence
stated on October 31, 2016 in 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
stated on October 5, 2016 in 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

By Tom Kertscher • October 17, 2016

Chelsea Clinton
stated on September 28, 2016 in 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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