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Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 in an interview:
Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."   
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 in a news conference:
"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’
True
By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 in a presentation:
Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on February 23, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"In general, it appears" Wisconsin’s right to work bill would "likely apply to" the Green Bay Packers players and their union.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2015
Wisconsin Contractor Coalition
Wisconsin Contractor Coalition
stated on February 23, 2015 in a website claim:
Says Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s "own 2014 survey revealed that just 15 percent of business executive respondents were in favor of Right-To-Work legislation."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 25, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2015 in a statement:
On supporting right to work legislation in 2015
Full Flop
By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2014 in his State of the State address:
"Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 20, 2015
Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 5, 2015 in testimony before the House Committee on Labor:
The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. That's 31 percent.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech.:
"If you look at the income of average Americans...they’re absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • February 9, 2015
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 in a tweet:
"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 1, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 13, 2015 in a news release:
Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
The United States is "the only advanced country on Earth" that doesn’t guarantee "paid maternity leave to our workers."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 21, 2015
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on December 8, 2014 in an opinion piece:
"Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 17, 2014
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on December 4, 2014 in various interviews:
On timing of right to work legislation
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • December 10, 2014
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on November 9, 2014 in an interview:
Wisconsin is below the national average in wage growth and job growth.  
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 28, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference after the G20 summit:
"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech:
"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.   
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 7, 2014
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 in a TV debate:
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
True
By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 31, 2014
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