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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 a web video
"People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined."  
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on February 9, 2016 a forum in Los Angeles
"In Ohio, more than half the providers of safe and legal abortion have had to shut down" since Gov. John Kasich took office in 2011.
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • February 22, 2016
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV interview.
"It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 22, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 26, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 12, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 15, 2016 an interview on Fox News
Says Marco Rubio "went on Univision, and in Spanish he promised that he would not on the first day in office rescind President Obama's illegal executive action."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate
The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."  
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate
Says Sen. Bernie Sanders has called President Barack Obama "weak. He's called him a disappointment."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2016 a campaign rally in Iowa
"I'm self-funding my own campaign."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 2, 2016 a campaign event in Keene, N.H.
Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations."
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • February 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 comments during the New Hampshire Democratic debate
"I waited until (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated" before deciding whether to endorse it.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate on MSNBC
Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 1, 2016 a political ad
"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 3, 2016
Right to Rise
Right to Rise
stated on February 2, 2016 a TV ad
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich had "the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, Republican or Democrat."
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 25, 2016 a CNN town hall
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
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By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
Paul Saldaña
Paul Saldaña
stated on January 13, 2016 a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV
A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."
Half-True
January 29, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 22, 2016 a campaign email
Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."
Half-True
January 29, 2016
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
stated on January 26, 2016 a news release
Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented."
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By Linda Qiu • January 28, 2016
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