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Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 26, 2014 a letter to taxpayers:
Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech:
All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."  
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By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on June 18, 2014 a speech:
"The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker’s policies.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 18, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview:
Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
"By the time I left" the State Department, "economic growth was up and opium production was down" in Afghanistan, while "infant mortality declined" and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2014
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 19, 2014 an interview on "PBS Newshour":
"Today, the five largest financial institutions are 38 percent bigger than they were back in 2008, when they were too big to fail."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • May 22, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union.":
The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."
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By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 22, 2014 a TV ad.:
Dave Brat "worked on Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine’s Council of Economic Advisors while Kaine tried to raise our taxes by over $1 billion."
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By Nancy Madsen • April 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 16, 2014 a radio interview:
"In 2013 we had the largest, the best, private sector job growth we’ve had in this state since the 1990s."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 8, 2014 a news release:
"In Wisconsin, a woman only earns 80 cents for every $1 a man earns."
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By Tom Kertscher • April 23, 2014
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on April 10, 2014 statements:
"On average, women make 77 cents for every dollar men make."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 18, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition":
"Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
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By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
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By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 a Facebook post:
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 a tweet:
Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2014 a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston:
"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"The (Russian) ruble is already going down."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 27, 2014 an event at the White House:
"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2014
Maxey Scherr
Maxey Scherr
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview:
"We have more women living in poverty in this state than almost anywhere else."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
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