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Scott Brown

Scott Brown

Scott Brown was elected a Republican U.S. senator from Massachusetts in 2010. He lost re-election in 2012 and subsequently became a political commentator for Fox News. In March 2014, Brown announced that he was considering entering the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Scott Brown

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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 October 21, 2014 in NH Senate debate:
Says Jeanne Shaheen has "voted with the president 99 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 22, 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
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on March 18, 2014 in a meeting with Republicans in Portsmouth, N.H.:
"I was the most bipartisan senator in the United States Senate."
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • March 27, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 28, 2013 in speech to the Nashua Rotary Club :
"I’m ninth generation from New Hampshire."
Half-True
By Jim Haddadin • December 20, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 11, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
"They delayed my swearing-in here in Massachusetts for a couple weeks so they could ram (the health care law) through."  
False
By Katie Sanders • November 12, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 3, 2013 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The federal health care law raises taxes and cuts Medicare.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • November 3, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on May 23, 2011 in a public appearance and an op-ed:
On whether he would vote for the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2011
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on February 4, 2010 in a press conference:
The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on January 31, 2010 in an interview with Barbara Walters:
"Federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts."
False
By Catharine Richert • February 3, 2010
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Latest Fact-Checks About Scott Brown

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
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 15, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"New Hampshire has lost more jobs to China than any other state."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 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
Jim Rubens
Jim Rubens
stated on June 20, 2014 in a television forum:
Says Scott Brown voted with President Barack Obama 70 percent of the time in 2011.
Mostly True
By Jim Haddadin • June 25, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on January 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says that as a U.S. senator, Scott Brown "delivered for Wall Street, saving big banks $19 billion in taxes."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • February 11, 2014
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 18, 2013 in a column on the party's website:
The 2013-’15 state budget backed by Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers "left our technical colleges funded at 1989 levels."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 26, 2013
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