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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 24, 2013 a news release
"Wisconsin ranks No. 2 in economic growth", according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • November 1, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on October 15, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"We went from $160 billion deficit spending in (President George W.) Bush's last year to $1.6 trillion the following year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 Senate floor speech on the Obamacare law
"Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 a speech at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit
"We will have the highest general revenue in state history next year. Conservative pro-growth policies work in our state."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2013
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Federation for American Immigration Reform
stated on August 5, 2013 a news release
"Unemployment has been on the rise throughout Wisconsin" as Paul Ryan stepped up his advocacy of "immigration increases."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 9, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 29, 2013 an email blast.
"Texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job."
Mostly False
By Andra Lim • August 7, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 23, 2013 various Internet postings
Ninety million Americans either aren’t working or aren’t looking for work.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 30, 2013
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on July 1, 2013
Says Obama policies contributed to gas prices rising from $1.89 in January 2009 to $3.51 today.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 23, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 5, 2013 a newspaper story
Farming is "one of the fastest growing areas of our economy."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • July 18, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 16, 2013 a television interview
Says the success of his economic agenda is supported by the fact "we went from unemployment at 9.2 percent when I decided to run for governor four years ago to two points lower."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 16, 2013
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on May 29, 2013 in a press release
Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • June 15, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 20, 2013 2013-14 veto message
"We are already almost halfway to our 2010 goal of creating 700,000 new jobs in seven years."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2013
Chris Clark
Chris Clark
stated on April 30, 2013 a meeting
In just six years, Georgia has dropped from first in the nation from a business-friendly legal climate to 24th.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • May 7, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 26, 2013 a constituent email
A recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policy’s effect on Wisconsin consumers showed it could "raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent" by 2030.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 28, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 19, 2013 Americans for Prosperity-Florida rally
"Almost 1,000 people a day" are moving to Florida "because they are more free here than they are in some other states."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 a speech.
"Over the last 20 years, the world has changed. It used to be that one could make a career out of working for one company. Today, the average worker stays at his or her job for barely four years."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 12, 2013
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on February 18, 2013 a radio interview
"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 3, 2013
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on February 25, 2013 an interview on Fox News
Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 28, 2013
Pew Environment Group
Pew Environment Group
stated on December 11, 2012 a newspaper advertisement
"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 14, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on October 9, 2012 a television ad
"Sherrod Brown supported President Obama's $453 billion tax increase."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 18, 2012
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