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Search results for "Rep. Sarah McBride D-Del. railed against a push to fund President Trump's White House ballroom"

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Marcy Kaptur stated on May 05, 2026 in an X post:
Republicans “want you to pay $1 Billion for a ballroom.”
By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2026
Hakeem Jeffries stated on October 23, 2025 in an X post:
“The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care.
By Louis Jacobson• October 24, 2025
Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
A new White House ballroom “won't interfere with the current building.”
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2025
Graham Platner stated on June 09, 2026 in a primary night speech:
Sen. Susan Collins votes “with Donald Trump 95% of the time.”
By Amy Sherman• June 10, 2026
Mary Nolan stated on September 28, 2012 in a post on her website.:
Says "as Co-Chair of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, I secured the key piece of funding for" the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project bridge."
By Ian K. Kullgren• October 15, 2012
Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Quotes show Democrats supported riots “when BLM was BURNING down cities and killing people in the streets!”
By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2021
Social Media stated on April 26, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows “unedited raw security footage” of the shooter at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
By Maria Briceño• April 29, 2026
Jonathan Martin stated on April 30, 2023 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
By Louis Jacobson• May 1, 2023
JD Vance stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues:
“The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.”
By Madison Czopek• February 16, 2024
Donald Trump stated on March 05, 2018 in a tweet:
"Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA."
By Miriam Valverde• March 7, 2018
John Kelly stated on October 19, 2017 in a White House briefing:
At a 2015 dedication of an FBI building in Florida, Rep. Frederica Wilson "stood up there ... and talked about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building, and how she took care of her constituents because she got the money, and she just called up President Obama, and on that phone call he gave the money -- the $20 million -- to build the building. And she sat down."
By Louis Jacobson• October 20, 2017
Nick Freitas stated on July 11, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes with President Trump more than Abigail Spanberger does.”
By Warren Fiske• July 21, 2020
Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2016 in the second presidential debate in St. Louis:
"I've gotten to see the commercials that they did on you. And I've gotten to see some of the most vicious commercials I've ever seen of Michelle Obama talking about you, Hillary."
By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2016
LGBT Progress stated on March 23, 2016 in a tweet:
North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.
By Will Doran• April 1, 2016
Charlie Crist stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.
By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders• October 22, 2014
Corey Stewart stated on June 30, 2018 in in a Facebook live video:
"Tim Kaine doesn’t want a border at all. He wants to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and basically the border patrol as well."
By Bill McCarthy• July 3, 2018
Tom Petri stated on November 17, 2010 in a news release :
On high-speed rail.
By James B. Nelson• November 23, 2010
Mike Haridopolos stated on February 18, 2011 in a press statement.:
On high-speed rail.
By Aaron Sharockman• February 18, 2011
Barack Obama stated on February 02, 2010 in a town meeting in New Hampshire:
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2010
Gerry Connolly stated on July 09, 2015 in a written statement.:
"In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments."
By Sean Gorman• August 3, 2015

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By Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2026

White House construction: How Donald Trump’s ballroom compares with Barack Obama’s renovations

By Maria Briceño• October 31, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment was about redistricting, not a call to violence

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2026

How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory

By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2022

Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 28, 2026

Have U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and President Donald Trump made statements that encourage violence?

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• June 26, 2018

The Trump team’s falsehoods of 2017

By Manuela Tobias• December 12, 2017

Fact-checking Trump's tweets this week on health care, Russia and 'Morning Joe'

By Manuela Tobias• June 30, 2017

Fact-checking Amy Klobuchar in Waterloo, Iowa

By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2020

In Context: Trump’s comments about treatment of suspects in police custody

By John Kruzel• August 1, 2017

The 119th Congress: What to know about House, Senate majorities and what it means for Trump's plans

By Louis Jacobson• January 3, 2025

The Voter Guide: Seven key distortions of the campaign

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 28, 2010

We fact-checked the Democrats' closing push in Iowa before the caucuses

By Josie Hollingsworth, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 27, 2020

In context: Adam Schiff’s dramatized version of the Trump-Zelensky call

By Bill McCarthy• September 30, 2019

RNC 2024 Day 2: Fact-checking Kari Lake, Nikki Haley's claims on Biden's immigration record

By Louis Jacobson, Ranjan Jindal, Mia Penner, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 17, 2024

Jan. 6 hearing details Trump’s inaction as Capitol riot unfolded

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• July 22, 2022

COVID-19 contact tracing for Donald Trump: Who else should isolate?

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2020

Fact-checking the high-speed rail debate

By Aaron Sharockman• March 3, 2011

Is the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act dead?

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2017

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