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All Voting Record statements that are Half-True

Half-True

But Rubio voted for overall bill

Keep the Promise 1 PAC
Keep the Promise 1 PAC

Says Marco Rubio "skipped 18 defense votes including one to arm the Kurds to fight ISIS."  

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

Half-True

A tale of two votes

Clinton
Hillary Clinton

Says Bernie Sanders "was against the auto bailout" and "voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, March 7th, 2016

Half-True

Dismisses 1988

Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte

"It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, February 22nd, 2016

Half-True

Hurd cited focus on other committees

Gallego
Pete Gallego

"Just two weeks ago, Congressman Hurd quit his post on the House Committee on Small Business saying that he was unable to find the time to serve."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

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Record is mixed

McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster

Says she has opposed measures to weaken the Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulatory bill and campaign-finance legislation when they were offered as stand-alone bills.

— PolitiFact New Hampshire on Thursday, February 26th, 2015

Half-True

Reid's allowed a few votes

Wallace
Chris Wallace

"The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has blocked any vote on the Keystone pipeline for years."

— PunditFact on Sunday, November 16th, 2014

Half-True

Opposed law, procedural vote

Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen

Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."

— PolitiFact New Hampshire on Friday, October 31st, 2014

Half-True

That was then; this is now

National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee

Says "Nick Rahall voted with Obama 94 percent of the time."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, September 15th, 2014

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It's just a portion of his voting record

Cotton
Tom Cotton

Says he "voted for disaster relief and full funding of FEMA."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, July 9th, 2014

Half-True

They usually agree, but not always

Gillespie
Ed Gillespie

Says Mark Warner has supported Harry Reid "down the line."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Sunday, July 6th, 2014

Half-True

He usually votes against extra spending

Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC

"Congressman (Tom) Cotton is the only Arkansan in Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

Half-True

One did, and he ignores sponsored amendments

Prior
Ian Prior

"Of the 20 bills [Rep. David] Cicilline has sponsored in his three years in office, not a single one has advanced past the embryonic committee stage."

— PolitiFact Rhode Island on Thursday, January 30th, 2014

Half-True

Voting record a mixed bag

Sutton
Betty Sutton

Says Jim Renacci has "consistently voted" for loopholes that "encourage outsourcing of our jobs."

— PolitiFact Ohio on Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Half-True

Obscured by proceedure

McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster

Says Rep. Charlie Bass, R-NH voted to "raise his own pay" eight times

— PolitiFact New Hampshire on Friday, September 28th, 2012

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Crawlin' to a Half True

National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee

Says U.S. Rep. John Barrow "left taxpayers on the hook for $950k study on genetic makeup of ants."

— PolitiFact Georgia on Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

Half-True

Votes to both raise and cut rates

Romero Roses
Gloria Romero Roses

Says Joe Garcia "voted to raise our utility rates."

— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, August 13th, 2012

Half-True

Debt ceiling fight heightens

Adams
Sandy Adams

John Mica "voted to borrow $10 trillion."

— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

Half-True

Recall effect not quite so clear

Barca
Peter Barca

"70 percent of the people who voted" on June 5, 2012, "just didn’t feel comfortable with the recall of the governor," weakening any idea that Wisconsin is "fully behind this Walker agenda."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Half-True

Cited aid was just one part of a large spending bill

Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur

Says when she "helped get $15 billion more for veterans care, Kucinich voted No."

— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Half-True

He was against FedEx provision before he was for it

Gingrich
Newt Gingrich

Says that Rick Santorum "voted for the unions over FedEx."

— PolitiFact Tennessee on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012