Bama Fact Check. The Fact Checker. Minnesota Public Radio. Posted at 2:00 PM on April 4, 2012 by Catharine Richert ( 6 Comments ) Filed under: PoliGraph A union and a liberal organization have teamed up to run a TV ad against 8th District Republican Congressman Chip Cravaack. The spot targets the first-term lawmaker for voting in favor of Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's fiscal year 2013 budget proposal. Cravaack voted to give "big oil companies more tax breaks," a woman's voice in the ad states. San Diego Fact Check. Fact Check. FactCheck.org. PolitiFact. Truthsquad. The FactCheck Blog.