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Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on July 7, 2014 a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2014
Donna Edwards
Donna Edwards
stated on July 13, 2014 a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
"74 percent of Republicans support the Affordable Care Act."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 10, 2014 a press conference:
The U.S. Supreme Court is "five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 10, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Mitch McConnell voted to raise Medicare costs for a current Kentucky senior by $6,000.
False
By Steve Contorno • July 10, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 9, 2014 a YouTube video:
Says Alison Lundergan Grimes "supports Obamacare, which cuts $700 billion from seniors’ Medicare."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 10, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 2, 2014 a tweet:
"Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2014
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 7, 2014 a tweet:
"Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2014
Donny Deutsch
Donny Deutsch
stated on July 1, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"13 percent of Americans, the lowest ever, are without health care."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 8, 2014
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival:
"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
stated on June 30, 2014 a dissenting opinion in "Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby":
"Women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2014
Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn
stated on June 30, 2014 a segment on CNN:
"Hobby Lobby provided this (birth control) coverage before they decided to drop it to file suit."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 1, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 30, 2014 a statement to the media:
"Nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 30, 2014
Dave Marsden
Dave Marsden
stated on June 14, 2014 a radio interview.:
After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality rate went down...it saved lives."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • June 27, 2014
Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner
stated on June 9, 2014 opinion piece:
U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has avoided taking a stand on Obamacare.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher, Nick Fouriezos • June 27, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2014 In a television ad:
Jason Carter supports using Georgia tax dollars to promote Obamacare    
Mostly False
By April Hunt • June 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
"By the time I left" the State Department, "economic growth was up and opium production was down" in Afghanistan, while "infant mortality declined" and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 2, 2014 a TV commercial:
Ken "Block supports Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 8, 2014
David Scott
David Scott
stated on May 27, 2014 WABE:
"We’ve got an average of 5,600 soldiers committing suicide. That’s about 20 a day."
Half-True
By April Hunt • June 6, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2014 remarks at a forum:
Medicare is "going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2014
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