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Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on February 13, 2012 a TV interview:
Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office"
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 8, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on March 16, 2012 a written statement.:
President Obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 24, 2012 a Web ad:
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2012
Nicholas Kettle
Nicholas Kettle
stated on January 27, 2012 a radio talk show:
"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • February 19, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a video ad:
Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 15, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 a stump speech in Las Vegas:
President Obama told people "to skip coming here (Las Vegas) for conventions and meetings."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 26, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:
"In 2006, I went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.:
Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2012 a tweet:
"More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 17, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 9, 2012 comments to reporters in Concord, N.H.:
"What’s clear is (Romney) likes firing people."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address:
"At my first ‘Let’s Get to Work Day’ … we sold out;" more than 240 dozen doughnuts by 8:30 a.m.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 10, 2012
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on December 12, 2011 an email to reporters:
DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz "denied unemployment went up under Obama."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 15, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 8, 2011 an opinion article at HuffingtonPost.com:
Says that according to one economist, $1 of unemployment benefits boosts the economy by $1.61.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • December 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 30, 2011 a house party in New Hampshire:
"The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference:
"The only reason the unemployment rate is going down is because … twice as many people dropped out of the employment pool as the number of jobs were created."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference:
President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 a television ad:
Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.:
Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 19, 2011 a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 28, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on August 12, 2011 in a speech:
Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. 
Mostly False
By Janie Har • October 22, 2011
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