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Jeanne Shaheen

Jeanne Shaheen

Jeanne Shaheen is a Senator from New Hampshire.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Jeanne Shaheen

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Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on February 8, 2017 in a CNN interview:
"Back when Ted Cruz called Mitch McConnell a liar on the floor of the Senate floor, nobody invoked Rule 19 to censor him."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • February 8, 2017
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on January 24, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:
Says Donald Trump's abortion rule "puts at risk 15 times more funding and millions more women and families ... than previous similar policies by Republican presidents."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2017
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 31, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 7, 2014 in an ad:
"In Massachusetts, Scott Brown pushed for a law to force women considering abortion -- force them -- to look at color photographs of developing fetuses."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 10, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 in a news release:
Says Scott Brown co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for mammograms.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 in a news release:
Says Scott Brown "co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for birth control."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 15, 2014 in a radio ad:
In 2012, "Wall Street" gave Scott Brown "more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on August 27, 2014 in an ad:
"Big Oil gave Scott Brown $454,260."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • September 5, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 9, 2013 in remarks from the Senate floor:
"Ninety six percent of employers in the Granite State are considered small businesses."
True
By Jim Haddadin • October 11, 2013
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC’s Jansing and Co. :
Social Security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • December 10, 2012
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 5, 2012 in an interview on The Daily Rundown:
Says when Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts was 47th in job creation
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 17, 2012
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on May 31, 2012 in an interview with the editorial board of 'The Telegraph.':
"We spend in tax loopholes annually $1.1 trillion. That's more than we spend on our defense budget in a year, on Medicare or Medicaid in a year."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 8, 2012
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview:
"For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60."
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • July 27, 2010
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Latest Fact-Checks About Jeanne Shaheen

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Bloggers
stated on September 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet:
Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2015
Daily Caller
Daily Caller
stated on November 3, 2014 in an article:
"Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election"
False
By Jonathan Van Fleet • November 4, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted to pave the way for a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on June 10, 2014 in a press release:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • June 18, 2014
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 23, 2014 in an ad:
"Health care premiums up 90 percent in New Hampshire."
False
By Bradford Randall • May 1, 2014
New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on March 24, 2014 in a web video:
"Shaheen votes with Obama 99 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • April 14, 2014
Jim Rubens
Jim Rubens
stated on November 4, 2013 in an email:
"In Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire has a Senator who was the deciding vote to pass Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • November 19, 2013
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on October 23, 2013 in remarks at a party fundraiser:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "got behind the idea of using the IRS to target American citizens for their political views."
Mostly False
By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013
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