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Peter Feigin
Peter Feigin
stated on January 6, 2015 in a speech:
The Milwaukee Bucks are "actually younger than the Marquette team."
False
By James B. Nelson • January 9, 2015
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 7, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:
A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2015
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 in a Journal commentary:
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
Bob Seger
Bob Seger
stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview:
The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 10, 2014
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on October 10, 2014 in a campaign debate:
"Women and men both are making less when you adjust for inflation than when" John Kitzhaber was first elected governor.
False
By Dana Tims • October 30, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 27, 2014 in a TV ad:
"Scott Walker opposed a plan to help Wisconsin students refinance their student loans." 
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 in a television commercial:
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 in a speech:
"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on September 29, 2014 in a TV commercial:
In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 12, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
Mary "Burke’s record: 130,000 fewer jobs."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview:
Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Karen Lee Ziner • September 12, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"Scott Walker gave Wisconsin job creation money to his cronies: corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns" and got $570 million in job-development incentives
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2014
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on August 20, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"If black America were a country, it’d be the 15th wealthiest nation in the world."
False
By Derek Tsang • September 2, 2014
Freedom Partners
Freedom Partners
stated on August 6, 2014 in a television ad:
Sen. Jeff Merkley "voted six times for more debt."
False
By Dana Tims • August 15, 2014
D’Banj
D’Banj
stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas."
False
By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on July 27, 2014 in a syndicated column:
Oregon’s "three largest employers, and 13 of the top 25, are health care providers."
False
By Dana Tims • July 31, 2014
Rob Astorino
Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:
Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"
False
By Bill Adair • July 25, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show":
The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014
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