Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Joe Zepecki
stated on June 23, 2014 an interview

The Wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. rate during only three months when Mary Burke was state commerce secretary.

July 6, 2014

John Boehner
stated on June 25, 2014 an op-ed for "USA Today"

"The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."

By Steve Contorno • June 26, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on June 2, 2014 a TV interview.

The Chamber of Commerce says new carbon regulations will kill "244,000 jobs a year" and cost average families "$1,200 a year."

By Warren Fiske • June 9, 2014

Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on June 8, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

"Only one out of 10 minimum wage workers today are teen age or a young person."

By Katie Sanders • June 8, 2014

John Boehner
stated on June 2, 2014 a post on his website

New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."

By Steve Contorno • June 2, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2014 a meme on social media

"For every one job created under the Obama administration, 75 people went on food stamps."

By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2014

Jim Francesconi
stated on April 15, 2014 a campaign website statement

"Economic inequality in Multnomah County has a face -- and a name. It has 90,000 faces and names -- the number of county residents who are still unemployed, or underemployed, in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street crash."

By Dana Tims • May 16, 2014

Ken Paxton
stated on May 11, 2014 a news story

Dan Branch "once lobbied for the AFL-CIO."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014

Nicholas Mattiello
stated on April 6, 2014 a television interview

The Pell bridge "is a tourism bridge essentially and not a commuter bridge."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2014

Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 13, 2014 a campaign ad

Says the Koch brothers want to "protect tax cuts for companies that ship our jobs overseas."

By Steve Contorno • April 11, 2014

Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV interview

Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."

By John Hill • March 10, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 a response to the State of the Union address

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on November 19, 2013 a new book

"We are experiencing the worst economic recovery America has ever had."

By James B. Nelson • December 11, 2013

Joseph Henchman
stated on November 19, 2013 hearing testimony

"Only 25 percent of what people buy is subject to Rhode Island’s sales tax."

By John Hill • December 1, 2013

Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio

Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013

Julie Parrish
stated on October 2, 2013 a House floor speech

"West Linn has one of the highest per capita rates of home-based businesses in the United States."

By Dana Tims • October 31, 2013

Rick Kriseman
stated on October 15, 2013 in a mayoral forum

"Since Mr. Foster's been mayor, we have less small businesses in the city of St. Petersburg."

By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013

Suzanne Bonamici
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion piece.

Says "nearly 30,000" federal employees in Oregon were furloughed during the government shutdown.

By Ian K. Kullgren • October 17, 2013

James O'Neil
stated on September 1, 2013 an appearance on "10 News Conference."

"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a campaign press statement

Says that in his first two years, "Wisconsin has seen its best two-year job growth in a decade."

By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2013

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