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Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on March 20, 2017 a press briefing
Says Paul Manafort "played a very limited role" in the Trump presidential campaign.
False
By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference
"In year No. 1, 14 million Americans lose coverage," according to the CBO. 
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 a rally in Kentucky
"Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2017
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
stated on March 8, 2017 a House Judiciary Committee hearing
Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 21, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 20, 2017 a video
Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."   
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 16, 2017 a headline
Says U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said, "It’s better for our budget if cancer patients die more quickly."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • March 21, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference
"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on March 1, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily"
"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on March 2, 2017 a post on Facebook
Says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2017
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
stated on March 20, 2017 a House Intelligence Committee hearing
"In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 a tweet
"The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2017
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on March 14, 2017 a press release
"Roughly one-fourth of rural Missourians are unable to purchase high-speed internet, which puts them at a disadvantage in everything from education to entertainment to health care."
Half-True
By Gary Garrison • March 20, 2017
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview on CNN
"I remember years ago looking at a CBO report that in 1964 predicted that Medicare would cost $9 billion 10 years later. And I think it was already over $100 billion at that point."
False
By Sarah Waychoff • March 20, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2017 a post on Twitter
"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"
False
By Allison Graves • March 19, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 a press release on her website
Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."
True
By Austin Hough • March 18, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 23, 2017 and in several other statements over the past two months.
The proposed state budget contains "an additional tax cut for the middle class."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • March 17, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 23, 2017 a tweet
"The average margin of victory in the House of Representatives was 37%" for Democrats and Republicans in the 2016 election.
True
By Chris Nichols • March 17, 2017
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2017
The Coalition for Public Schools
The Coalition for Public Schools
stated on January 23, 2017 an emailed press release
"Texas legislators have filed voucher proposals in every legislative session since 1995, but all of them have failed to become law."
True
By Fauzeya Rahman • March 17, 2017
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on March 13, 2017 a the GOP response to Roy Cooper's State of the State speech
Says Republican legislators in North Carolina raised the average teacher's pay "by more than 15 percent in just three years."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • March 16, 2017
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