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Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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stated on September 28, 2022 in a tweet:
Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis “voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2022 in a post:
House Democrats kicked Nancy Pelosi from office.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 27, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on September 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Breaking: Judiciary Democrats just voted to support non-citizens voting in our elections.”
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2022
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Image shows a Rebekah Jones campaign event.
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • September 19, 2022
Mark Finchem
stated on July 28, 2022 in a speech:
Then-Vice President Mike Pence “seized power” from President Donald Trump and undertook “a coup” when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 19, 2022
Marco Rubio
stated on September 6, 2022 in a tweet:
“Val Demings supports abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • September 16, 2022
Tom Cotton
stated on August 31, 2022 in a tweet:
“60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Image claims to show a list of “Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven.”
True
By Andy Nguyen • August 30, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 19, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The deaths of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and actor Anne Heche are suspicious and linked because they “partnered fighting against pedophilia.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • August 26, 2022
Ben Cline
stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement.:
A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann, Warren Fiske • August 24, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”
False
By Sara Swann • August 23, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook:
“El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 19, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“The IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • August 18, 2022
Rick Scott
stated on August 16, 2022 in a press release:
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann • August 17, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Liz Cheney cries like kids after loses in ‘primary’ against Trump’s pick,” two days before the primary election.
Pants on Fire!
By Andy Nguyen • August 16, 2022
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 4, 2022 in interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News:
The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 12, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on July 28, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Nancy Pelosi and Democrats “want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight” with HR 1808.
False
By Andy Nguyen • August 3, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on July 31, 2022 in a post:
“China threatens to shoot Nancy Pelosi’s plane down if she visits Taiwan.”
False
By Monique Curet • August 2, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Supreme Court FINALLY signs VERDICT to IMPEACH Speaker Pelosi as Hunter’s Laptop IMPLICATES her.”
Pants on Fire!
By Andy Nguyen • July 26, 2022
Donald Trump
stated on July 9, 2022 in a rally:
Ranked choice voting in Alaska is a “total rigged deal.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2022
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