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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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