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Latest Fact-Checks In Bipartisanship

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Charlotte Bergmann
Charlotte Bergmann
stated on January 10, 2012 a campaign billboard along I-240.
"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican."
False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 23, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
"I also voted 98 percent of the time with Republicans in the Oregon Legislature."
False
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bipartisan proposal.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Frank Pallone
Frank Pallone
stated on January 5, 2012 a tweet
"One year today since #GOP took control of the House" and "no new jobs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 13, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 a television ad
Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on November 27, 2011 in a debate
I differed with my party on business legislation, on consumer protection, and on free trade agreements.
False
By Janie Har • December 10, 2011
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on November 27, 2011 in a debate
Suzanne Bonamici votes with her party a partisan 98 percent of the time.
Half-True
By Janie Har • December 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 6, 2011 an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren
Says the congressional ethics investigation against him was conducted by "a very partisan political committee" in a way that "related more to the politics of the Democratic Party than to ethics."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on December 5, 2011 an interview on NBC's "The Daily Rundown"
Says Newt Gingrich is responsible for the gridlocked politics of Washington.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 8, 2011 a news conference
"We have had some significant accomplishments on a bipartisan basis."
True
By Reginald Fields • November 29, 2011
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 5, 2011 a widely distributed email memo.
Says David Dewhurst accused Cruz of being a Red Chinese Communist.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2011
Brett Hulsey
Brett Hulsey
stated on August 27, 2011 an opinion column
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly approved "only one out of 376 amendments offered by Assembly Democrats" in 2011.
True
September 11, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on August 23, 2011 a TV ad
Says potential GOP U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supported "Obamacare"
Half-True
August 31, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release
"George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • August 10, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 25, 2011 a televised speech
The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 25, 2011 a televised address
"President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times.  George W. Bush did it seven times."
True
July 26, 2011
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 18, 2011 his radio program.
Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.
Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2011
Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl
stated on April 28, 2011 remarks to reporters
"I’ve been through four campaigns and have not done any negative campaigning."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 6, 2011
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 an interview.
Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2011
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