Bb5a31f81ClaimHouse committees sent more oversight letters and held fewer hearings in 2020 than in 2019 due to disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemicAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited Pentagon efforts to punish Democratic Senator Mark Kelly for advising troops to refuse illegal ordersAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe United States House of Representatives maintains a unified committee repository containing standardized information for every committee hearingAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRepresentative Steve Scalise contested against Representative Jim Jordan for the House Republican leadership positionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRepresentative Thomas Massie sponsored a House resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in IranAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSenators Bernie Sanders and Elissa Slotkin publicly called for changes in Democratic Senate leadershipAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHouse Republicans voted to refer the resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to a committee, quashing the effortAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimScott Colom ran against incumbent United States Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in MississippiAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSenator-elect Annie Andrews expressed a desire during her campaign for change in Democratic Senate leadershipAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSenator John Thune was reelected as the Republican leader in the United States SenateAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHouse Republicans selected Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio to serve as their conference leader in a secret ballot voteAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimDuring nearly every month of the 117th Congress, Senate committees held a greater share of hearings on nominations than on executive branch oversightAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMolly Reynolds and Naomi Mayer co-authored a Brookings Institution report titled 'How Partisan and Policy Dynamics Shape Congressional Oversight in the Post-Trump Era.'AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMolly Reynolds's congressional oversight research project tracked executive branch oversight beginning at the start of the 116th Congress in 2019AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRepresentative Jim Jordan replaced Speaker Mike Johnson as the top Republican in the United States House of RepresentativesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn October 2020, the United States Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court approximately eight days before the presidential electionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimUnder United States Senate rules, nominations require a simple majority to invoke cloture rather than the 60 votes required for most legislationAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMolly Reynolds's research team compiled a database of letters publicly released by congressional committees during the 116th and 117th CongressesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimFollowing the January 6th Capitol attack, the United States Senate passed legislation updating the Electoral Count ActAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMembers of the United States Congress are legally subject to a $50 gift limitation ruleAgreeDisagree