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Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer is California's junior senator.

Barbara Boxer Website

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Latest Fact-Checks By Barbara Boxer

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Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
Says Donald Trump "said a woman should be punished for exercising her right to choose."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2016
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on March 25, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.":
"Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • March 26, 2014
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC:
"Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on May 24, 2011 an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews:
"There's a 1.5 percent to 2 percent overhead in Medicare. The insurance companies have a 20 percent to 30 percent overhead."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on April 1, 2011 a press release:
Says House Republicans rejected a straightforward measure that would prevent members of Congress and the president from being paid during a government shutdown.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 6, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on October 15, 2010 a campaign ad:
"Fiorina's plan would mean slashing Social Security and Medicare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 22, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on October 15, 2010 a campaign ad:
"Carly Fiorina, she's against banning assault weapons."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 15, 2010 a political ad:
"As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • September 17, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on August 31, 2010 an editorial board interview:
"I asked (then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice) how many people had died and she did not know the answer to that question."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • September 3, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on August 10, 2009 an interview with Rachel Maddow:
"It's costing every American who is insured $1,100 to pick up the cost of uncompensated care that goes on at the emergency room."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • August 28, 2009
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Latest Fact-Checks About Barbara Boxer

Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List
stated on September 30, 2010 a TV ad:
Sen. Barbara Boxer "voted against immigration reform to permit (Hispanic immigrants) people to come here legally to work."
False
By Robert Farley • October 8, 2010
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 25, 2010 a television ad:
"Barbara Boxer voted to cut spending on Medicare benefits by $500 billion, cuts so costly to hospitals and nursing homes that they could stop taking Medicare altogether."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on June 2, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"Barbara Boxer's worried about the weather" instead of terrorism as the biggest threat to national security.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • June 4, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web ad:
Sen. Barbara Boxer "passed only three bills in 18 years" into law.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 28, 2010
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