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Craig Miller
Craig Miller
stated on July 12, 2011 a campaign launch message on his website:
"I've created over 40,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2011
Steve Oroho
Steve Oroho
stated on June 29, 2011 a press release from Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex):
Because of Democratic tax hikes, New Jersey ended a decade with fewer private sector jobs for the first time in recorded history.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 12, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on June 25, 2011 an op-ed.:
"Under Gov. Rick Perry’s leadership [Texas] has created more jobs over the last decade than the rest of the states combined."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • July 6, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 22, 2011 an online chat with the "Washington Post":
"Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies we’ve implemented."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 8, 2011 a press statement:
"Earlier this year, the head of the Congressional Budget Office testified before Congress that implementation of Obamacare would cost 800,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 14, 2011
Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen
stated on May 19, 2011 a blog posting:
Wisconsin’s technical college graduates "have a higher employment rate and starting salaries" than four-year college graduates nationwide.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 2, 2011
Rich Zipperer
Rich Zipperer
stated on April 26, 2011 interviews and testimony about the bill:
Deregulation of the state’s telecommunications industry will create 50,000 jobs in Wisconsin.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • May 23, 2011
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on March 29, 2011 a news release:
"Gov. (Scott) Walker has yet to create a job, he gives away millions to his friends, and he raises taxes on working people."
Mostly False
By Joe Carey • May 9, 2011
Robert Hurt
Robert Hurt
stated on March 25, 2011 a newsletter.:
A cap-and-trade bill would "destroy over 50,000 jobs in Virginia."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • April 12, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 4, 2011 a post on his PAC's website:
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on February 17, 2011 a press release.:
The stimulus bill "promised to keep unemployment under 8%."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger, Robert Farley • February 28, 2011
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on January 21, 2011 a statement at a candidate forum:
Regulations on developers have thwarted construction on county-owned land in Milwaukee’s downtown Park East corridor.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 31, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 12, 2011 the State of the Commonwealth address:
"It is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • January 22, 2011
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on December 13, 2010 a press release.:
Says Texas Republican leaders "have proposed laying off thousands of teachers."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 24, 2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 30, 2010 a news release:
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • December 2, 2010
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on November 4, 2010 a news release issued by the group's John Muir chapter in Wisconsin:
If the state turns down money for high-speed rail, it will "kill nearly 10,000 permanent Wisconsin jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • November 15, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2010 a debate:
"The Recovery Act saved 60,000 jobs among law enforcement officials, firefighters in the state of Florida, plus another 20,000 educators."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 29, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 15, 2010 an interview:
"Of those 850,000 (new Texas) jobs, most were public-sector jobs and minimum-wage jobs."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 29, 2010
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 16, 2010 campaign debates:
"In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal stimulus program
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 23, 2010
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