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Latest Fact-Checks On Tammy Baldwin

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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 24, 2012 an interview
Says she voted against the Medicare Part D prescription drug program "because it was unfunded."
False
October 30, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson ran Medicare "into the ground" and "nine years closer to bankruptcy."
False
October 26, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 24, 2012 a TV ad
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson "personally made over $3 million" from a federal contract granted to his healthcare company, but left  9/11 first responders "without the care they were promised."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 26, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 28, 2012 debate comments
On Iran sanctions
Full Flop
By Dave Umhoefer • October 14, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 28, 2012 debate comments
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson favors raising taxes on small businesses.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 7, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 22, 2012 a campaign email
Says 7,000 millionaires "gamed the system to pay no income taxes."
False
September 30, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 15, 2012 an interview
Federal law adopted "under Tommy Thompson's watch" prohibits the government from negotiating for "better prices" on prescription drugs for senior citizens
True
September 4, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 17, 2012 a television ad
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson "wants to give a new $265,000 tax cut to millionaires like himself while raising taxes on the middle class."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 27, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 30, 2012 a TV ad
"I led the fight to require the Coast Guard to buy their engines from us, not foreign companies."
Mostly False
August 22, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson said he wants to "do away with Medicare."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 28, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 30, 2012 a memo to the media
Says "Tommy Thompson's tax plan amounts to an average tax cut of almost $87,000 for the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
June 10, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 10, 2011 an interview
Democrats failed to flip the Wisconsin state Senate because recall elections were in the "deepest red districts in the state."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2011
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