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Rick Scott stated on August 28, 2024 in a post on X:

“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”

By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • August 29, 2024

Tom Cotton stated on November 16, 2018 in a tweet:

"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.

By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2018

Kevin Nicholson stated on July 16, 2018 in an interview:

On supporting Mitch McConnell as U.S. Senate majority leader.

By Tom Kertscher • July 24, 2018

Don Blankenship stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate:

"Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations."

By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2018

Realtime Politics stated on December 11, 2016:

"Democrats Filing TREASON Charges Against Trump, McConnell, Giuliani, & Comey."

By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2016

AmericanNews.com stated on November 2, 2014 in a web post:

"Congress Approves Bill Offering Free Cars To Welfare Recipients."

By Lauren Burns • November 17, 2014

Gwen Graham stated on September 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted to keep the shutdown going."

By Joshua Gillin • October 1, 2014

Mitch McConnell stated on August 5, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says he "voted for even stronger protections (in the Violence Against Women Act) than Obama's agenda will allow."

By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014

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.

By Steve Contorno • July 10, 2014

Matt Bevin stated on April 3, 2014 in a radio interview:

"Many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting.

By Tim Ryan • May 1, 2014

Kentucky Opportunity Coalition stated on April 1, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says the estate tax is a threat to family farms.

By Steve Contorno • April 3, 2014

Matthew Dowd stated on November 24, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"Harry Reid was against (the nuclear option) before he was for it. Mitch McConnell was for it before he was against it. President Obama was against it before he was for it."

By Julie Kliegman • November 24, 2013

Mitch McConnell stated on November 21, 2013 in speeches:

On changing the rules for filibusters on presidential nominees

By Lilly Maier • November 22, 2013

Mitch McConnell stated on August 5, 2013 in a campaign ad:

Says Matt Bevin has repeatedly failed to pay his taxes.

By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2013

Marco Rubio stated on December 30, 2012 in in a tweet:

"Report that #GOP insisting on changes to Social Security as part of #fiscalcliff false. BTW those changes are supported by @barackobama."

By Amy Sherman • January 4, 2013

John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference:

"The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."

By Tom Feran • January 3, 2013

Michael Steele stated on January 31, 2009 in a speech to House Republicans:

"You and I know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government — federal, state, local, or otherwise — has never created one job."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 10, 2009

JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:

The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”

By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2025

Ron Johnson stated on November 17, 2024 in TV interview:

“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”

By Madeline Heim • January 2, 2025

Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in an interview on CNN State of the Union:

Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal.

By Amy Sherman • August 16, 2024

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Here we go again: what to know about government shutdowns

By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol, 7-27-2023

A possible House impeachment investigation of Joe Biden: What to know

By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2023

The only Florida Senate debate between Val Demings and Marco Rubio, fact-checked

By Yacob Reyes • October 19, 2022

House hearings about the Jan. 6 insurrection begin this week. Here’s what to watch

By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2022

7 questions about the Trump and Ukraine impeachment hearings, answered

By Amy Sherman, Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde • December 6, 2019

In the weeks after El Paso and Dayton, mass shooting rumors spread on Snapchat and iMessage

By Daniel Funke • August 26, 2019

McConnell falsely suggests GOP forecast the type of election fraud found in NC

By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht • March 7, 2019

Trump oval office jan 8 2019 address on immigration border wall crisis

Could Donald Trump declare a national emergency for a border wall? Here’s what we know

By Miriam Valverde • January 18, 2019

Your questions about the government shutdown, answered (part 2)

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2019

mccain talking at podium with lawmakers campaign finance

Sen. John McCain fought to clean up money in politics. Are we better off today?

By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2018

Mitch McConnell speaks at Capitol June 2018

What Mitch McConnell said about Supreme Court confirmations in election years

By Amy Sherman • July 2, 2018

PolitiFact fact-checks West Virginia’s GOP Senate primary

By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2018

Could the nuclear option get rid of the filibuster entirely? Checking Trump’s tweet

By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2018

Mitch McConnell after skinny repeal died

How Congress could pass Obamacare changes now, or change the filibuster rules

By Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2017

6 questions answered about ‘the nuclear option,’ the filibuster, and Supreme Court nominations

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2017

McConnell vs. Paul on the Patriot Act and telephone records: What the government accesses

By Lauren Carroll • June 2, 2015

Obama’s vacation observation, Mitch McConnell’s millions: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims • August 26, 2014

Marco Rubio and the Truth-O-Meter

By Katie Sanders • February 11, 2013

Marco Rubio and the Truth-O-Meter

By Katie Sanders • February 11, 2013

The Truth-O-Meter report card on John Cornyn

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