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Read the Senate GOP health care bill 'discussion draft'

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Angie Drobnic Holan

By Angie Drobnic Holan June 22, 2017

Senate Republicans released a health care bill "discussion draft," on June 22, 2017. Read the text of the bill below. PolitiFact is fact-checking the health care debate; read all of our fact-checks on health care.

Senate Budget Committee

stated on September 27, 2020 in a speech:

Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”

mostly-true

mostly-true

Instagram posts

stated on September 22, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, Amy Coney Barrett has said her “end goal is to end the separation of church and state & build a ‘Kingdom of God’ in the United States.”

false

false

stated on March 23, 2019 in a speech:

Says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was founded in response to 9/11.

false

false

stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to increase Syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent."

true

true

Antonio Sabato Jr.

stated on July 19, 2016 in an interview with ABC News:

Says President Barack Obama is "absolutely" a Muslim.

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech in New York City:

Says Hillary Clinton "said she was under attack (in Bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers."

true

true

stated on January 17, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"We've had examples like in Yuma County, where we've been able to stop 97 percent of the illegal (immigration) flow, and those programs, they abolish."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on October 14, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott changed his promise from 700,000 jobs created "on top of what normal growth would be" to just 700,000 jobs.

true

true

stated on March 3, 2014 in in an interview on CNN:

On the economic stimulus.

half-flip

half-flip

Americans For Tax Reform

stated on April 14, 2014 in in a press release:

"Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office."

barely-true

barely-true

National Republican Congressional Committee

stated on February 12, 2014 in a television ad:

"300,000 Floridians will lose their current health plans" because of Obamacare, a plan Alex Sink supports.

half-true

half-true

Janet Napolitano

stated on August 27, 2013 in a speech at the National Press Club:

The 2010 DREAM Act failed despite "strong bipartisan support."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on May 29, 2013 in a chain email:

Says the word "Dhimmitude" is on page 107 of the health care law and means "Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on May 3, 2013 in a position on legislation:

On an early date for Florida's presidential primary

full-flop

full-flop

X posts
stated on October 27, 2024 in Social media posts:

Photo shows people lined up outside Madison Square Garden before an Oct. 27 rally by former President Donald Trump.

By Gideon Hess • October 28, 2024
Dave McCormick
stated on October 15, 2024 in a debate:

Sen. Bob Casey "has voted in lockstep with his liberal party to defund the police."

By Caleb McCullough • October 28, 2024
X posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in a post on X:

“BREAKING: Lizzo charged the Harris-Walz campaign $2.3 million for a single appearance at a Detroit rally.”

By Madison Czopek • October 28, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook:

“Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote.

By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2024
Lisa Grafstein
stated on October 12, 2024 in a campaign mailer:

Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education.

By Paul Specht • October 25, 2024
X posts
stated on October 25, 2024 in X posts:

Video shows an election worker destroying mail ballots with votes for former President Donald Trump in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

By Loreben Tuquero • October 25, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a Threads post:

Kamala Harris’ statements about Trump invoking Adolf Hitler were based on a “debunked hoax from The Atlantic.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a photo:

Kamala Harris "proclaimed she would not accept the outcome of the election and has a team of lawyers ready to overturn them"

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a video:

Kamala Harris imprisoned a woman for three years for praying.

By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 16, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

“El gobernador de la Florida dice que por el momento va a pausar” la ley S.B. 1718 porque necesitan que los hispanos reconstruyan el estado tras la destrucción del huracán Milton.

By Maria Briceño • October 25, 2024