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Marilinda Garcia
stated on June 27, 2014 in in a campaign tweet:

Says U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster used $293,000 of taxpayer money to send campaign mail.

By Jim Haddadin • August 4, 2014
Bruce Braley
stated on July 29, 2014:

Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage."

By Molly O'Connor • August 1, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview with a Las Vegas news network:

"There were 36 states where Republicans who were in charge refused to implement a state (health insurance) exchange."

By Molly O'Connor • July 24, 2014
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 10, 2014 in remarks to voters in Kentucky:

"More women are graduating from college now than men."

By Molly O'Connor • July 18, 2014
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.

By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
League of Conservation Voters
stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."

By Molly O'Connor • June 27, 2014
Joe Biden
stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families:

"I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts."

By Lauren Carroll • June 24, 2014
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":

"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."

By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014
Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email:

President Barack Obama "is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense."

By Molly O'Connor • June 18, 2014

Facebook Mailbag: 'PolitiFact is no longer a reliable source'

By Molly O'Connor • July 25, 2014
Fact-checking Debbie Wasserman Schultz on health care court rulings

By Steve Contorno • July 24, 2014
Fact-checking DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz claims on health care

By Steve Contorno • July 24, 2014
Fact-checking claims on immigration

By Lauren Carroll • July 15, 2014
Top 5 most popular fact-checks for June 2014

By Lauren Carroll • July 11, 2014
Debunking the Obama 'firsts' chain email

By Shannon Beckham • June 25, 2014
Sorting out claims on gun statistics

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2014
Did Bergdahl serve the U.S. 'with honor and distinction'?

By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2014

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