Latest Fact-Checks By Steve Contorno

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Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on July 29, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' "
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 7, 2014
SEIU
SEIU
stated on July 29, 2014 in a Spanish-language radio ad:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner "blocked immigration reform" and "voted to deport our DREAMers."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 4, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on July 28, 2014 in an interview on Univision Radio:
"We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 31, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 23, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal":
"By some estimates, as few as 2 percent of the 50,000 (Central American) children who have crossed the border illegally this year have been sent home."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • July 28, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview with a Las Vegas news network:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit compared the health care law to buying a pepperoni and ham pizza from Domino's or Pizza Hut.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • July 24, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 17, 2014 in a press release:
Says a new report shows the "devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class Kentuckians."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 23, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 10, 2014 in 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
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on July 6, 2014 in an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union":
"In the last three years alone, 13 times, the Supreme Court, unanimously, 9-0, including all of the president's liberal picks, have struck down the president's executive orders."
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • July 9, 2014
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on July 1, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"Justin Amash is rated Michigan’s No. 1 conservative" by National Right to Life.
False
By Steve Contorno • July 7, 2014
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 29, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today":
"The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 26, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post:
"The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • June 24, 2014
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 22, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet:
Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.
False
By Steve Contorno • June 19, 2014
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • June 18, 2014
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on June 5, 2014 in a statement on his website:
"Only after news broke that our veterans are dying because of inadequate health care did Harry Reid and Senate Democrats take action."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 16, 2014
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 15, 2014 in interview on "Face the Nation.":
Says Hillary Clinton’s approval rating went from 70 percent to 52 percent in 18 months.
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 15, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices.":
"The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent."
True
By Steve Contorno • June 12, 2014
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on June 8, 2014 in a discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 8, 2014
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on June 1, 2014 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Hillary Clinton "laid the groundwork" for getting chemical weapons out of Syria.
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • June 4, 2014
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