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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
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
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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