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American Crossroads
stated on October 28, 2014 a campaign ad

As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."

False

By Lauren Carroll • October 31, 2014

Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."

False

By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014

Joe Garcia
stated on September 5, 2014 a web ad

Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported raising flood insurance rates."

False

By Amy Sherman • September 16, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview

Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."

False

July 30, 2014

Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 a news release

Says Common Core is a federal mandate.

False

July 25, 2014

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

Sarah Palin
stated on May 22, 2014 a Facebook post

"As unbelievable as it sounds, your tax dollars are funding the federal government's Zombie Apocalypse Plan. I kid you not."

False

By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2014

Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 18, 2014 a discussion on CBS' "Face the Nation"

"Congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans' benefits over these last years."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2014

Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 a radio interview

A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."

False

May 14, 2014

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on April 15, 2014 a town-hall meeting

President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • May 4, 2014

John E. Sununu
stated on April 6, 2014 a panel on "Meet the Press"

The health care law reduces "the number of uninsured in America by 3 percent for how much money? $2 trillion."

False

By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2014

CATPAC
stated on March 10, 2014 a campaign mail flier

"Ralph Hall has never voted to raise the debt ceiling."

False

By Sue Owen • March 31, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 a TV interview

"Federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-’15 state budget.

False

By Dave Umhoefer • February 28, 2014

Texas Liberty PAC
stated on February 22, 2014 a sign spotted outside a polling place in Austin

Says Lamar Smith "sponsored the bill that funded Obamacare."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 a response to the State of the Union address

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014

Paul Broun
stated on December 11, 2013 an interview

"(Jack Kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the Georgia delegation put together."

False

By Eric Stirgus • December 30, 2013

Goldie Taylor
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation"

"Our national debt is as low as it has been since World War II."

False

By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013

Suzanne Bonamici
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion piece.

Says "nearly 30,000" federal employees in Oregon were furloughed during the government shutdown.

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • October 17, 2013

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 a press release

Says U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., "opposes a vote on his own legislation that he proposed just a few months ago."

False

By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2013

Bob McDonnell
stated on October 2, 2013 a TV interview.

"It’s been 4 and a half years since the United States Senate passed a budget."

False

By Nancy Madsen • October 14, 2013

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