Latest Fact-Checks By Dave Umhoefer

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Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca says two-thirds of Wisconsinites strongly opposed Governor Scott Walker’s limits on collective bargaining

June 22, 2011

"Two thirds of the people in Wisconsin strongly disagree with this idea of permanently taking away people’s rights to collective bargaining."  

Wisconsin Rep. Sandy Pasch says Sen. Alberta Darling voted to add $1 billion in spending while cutting education and health care

June 20, 2011

State Sen. Alberta Darling "voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending" while cutting programs such as education and health care

Wisconsin Humane Society says state budget amendment exempts scientific researchers from state criminal law on animal cruelty

June 14, 2011

An amendment inserted by lawmakers into the state budget "exempts scientific researchers from all state animal cruelty laws."

Assaults on police have surged, but mostly in Milwaukee County

June 8, 2011

Assaults on Wisconsin law enforcement officers are up 224 percent statewide since 2005

Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller says Abe Lincoln jumped out of a window to deny a quorum

May 30, 2011

"Abraham Lincoln (once) jumped out of a window in the Illinois Legislature in order to deny a quorum."  

State Sen. Terry Moulton says Wisconsin is one of the few states that does not require photo ID to vote

May 18, 2011

"Wisconsin is one of the few states in the country that do not currently require a photographic identification" to vote.

One Wisconsin Now says two-thirds of Wisconsin corporations don’t pay state income taxes

May 11, 2011

"Two-thirds of Wisconsin corporations don't pay state income taxes."

Sen. Herb Kohl says he’s never done any negative campaigning

May 6, 2011

"I’ve been through four campaigns and have not done any negative campaigning."  

JoAnne Kloppenburg says anomalies were widespread during the state Supreme Court race

April 29, 2011

"There are legitimate and widespread anomalies, and widespread questions about the conduct of (the Wisconsin Supreme Court) election, most visibly in Waukesha County, but also…

President Barack Obama says Rep. Paul Ryan voted for wars, tax cuts and a drug bill that weren’t paid for

April 27, 2011

Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription…

Democratic Party of Wisconsin calls state Sen. Randy Hopper already “recalled”

April 22, 2011

Says Wisconsin state Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, has already been recalled.

Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus says errors in tabulating votes in elections are common

April 17, 2011

Human error, such as skipping a community in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, "is common in (the vote-tabulation) process.

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