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Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Instagram posts
stated on May 9, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“The House of Representatives in the U.S. just passed … the Antisemitism Act that proposes to eliminate part of the Bible.”
False
By Maria Briceño • May 16, 2024
Mark Pocan
stated on March 27, 2024 in Public appearance:
“We passed 27 bills last year, which is the fewest since the Depression.”
True
By Laura Schulte • April 17, 2024
Donna Brazile
stated on March 24, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":
The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • April 3, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows legislators “dancing in Congress” while the border is “overrun.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 22, 2024
X posts
stated on February 16, 2024 in a post on X:
The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 23, 2024
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.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 16, 2024
Michael McCaul
stated on January 19, 2024 in an impeachment hearing:
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ border policy is “personally responsible” for fentanyl crossing the border
False
By Bayliss Wagner • February 12, 2024
X posts
stated on January 28, 2024 in a video:
Rep. Ilhan Omar said her “top priority is to put Somalia first and expand its territory.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 1, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 19, 2024 in a video on Instagram:
President Joe Biden changed the State of the Union Address from summer to March.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • January 24, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on January 15, 2024 in a video:
Congress has passed a $6,400 subsidy for low-income Americans.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 19, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on October 14, 2023 in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner:
Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.”
Half-True
By Grace Abels • November 3, 2023
MAGA Inc
stated on October 28, 2023 in a TV ad in Iowa:
Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2023
Andy Biggs
stated on October 16, 2023 in a post on X:
The Democrats are pushing “to take in a million Palestinian refugees.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2023
Rebecca Cooke
stated on September 1, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Derrick Van Orden is one of the only members of Congress who participated in the deadly January 6th insurrection. He now serves in the building he tried to burn down.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2023
Jesse Watters
stated on September 28, 2023 in a segment of "The Five" on Fox News:
James Biden’s text message to Hunter Biden that says, “I can work with you(r) father alone,” shows that Joe Biden was “in business” with Hunter Biden.
False
By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2023
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 1, 2023 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
“Since the mid-’90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we’re $33 trillion in debt.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
U.S. aid to Ukraine will continue during a government shutdown, but programs for food stamps, transportation, education, justice, environmental protection and homelessness will not.
Half-True
By Jeff Cercone • September 26, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2023 in a post:
Image shows Sen. Rand Paul in a bathrobe on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
False
By Grace Abels • September 25, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
stated on September 12, 2023 in a news conference:
“We know the bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Madison Czopek • September 18, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
stated on September 12, 2023 in a speech:
On moving forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden with a House vote.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2023
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