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Latest Fact-Checks In Financial Regulation

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Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:
"The CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either Bush or Clinton."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • June 2, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 5, 2015 remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking:
Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 17, 2015 a speech at Politics and Eggs:
"On my last trip to New Hampshire, I think I met the guy who founded the first and only bank since Dodd-Frank passed, since the financial crisis. One bank in the country."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • May 8, 2015
Florida News Flash
Florida News Flash
stated on March 29, 2015 a website headline:
"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 17, 2014 an interview:
Under the "cromnibus" law, taxpayers must guarantee "incredibly risky" derivatives deals made by the nation's largest banks.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 7, 2015
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 27, 2014 a TV ad:
"Scott Walker opposed a plan to help Wisconsin students refinance their student loans." 
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 30, 2014 a debate:
Greg Abbott has benefitted from "payday lenders who have given him $300,000 and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees."
Mostly True
By Dylan Baddour • October 29, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 15, 2014 a radio ad:
In 2012, "Wall Street" gave Scott Brown "more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2014
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on June 18, 2014 an article on Townhall.com:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • August 5, 2014
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 a "Roll Call" interview:
The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet:
"Obama Signs Bill Forgiving All Student Loan Debt."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2014
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on May 14, 2014 an email blast:
"The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed to refinance their loans at lower rates."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 9, 2014
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 19, 2014 an interview on "PBS Newshour":
"Today, the five largest financial institutions are 38 percent bigger than they were back in 2008, when they were too big to fail."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • May 22, 2014
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 an appearance on “10 News Conference”:
"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on April 12, 2014 a speech at the New Hampshire Freedom Summit:
"Eighty percent of Wall Street executives and their spouses' donations go to Democrats."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on January 8, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says that as a U.S. senator, Scott Brown "delivered for Wall Street, saving big banks $19 billion in taxes."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • February 11, 2014
Rick Allen
Rick Allen
stated on January 10, 2014 a tweet:
U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., does not want to audit the Federal Reserve.
False
By Eric Stirgus • January 28, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on December 30, 2013 a press release:
Payday lenders profit "from the poor by charging 1,000-plus" percent "interest."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 8, 2014
Senate Conservatives Fund
Senate Conservatives Fund
stated on December 9, 2013 as quoted by Politico:
"John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks and fund Obamacare."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 12, 2013
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