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EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on September 1, 2014 television attack ad
"Federal investigators found a company that (David Perdue) ran discriminated against women -- paid them less than men for the same work."  
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 9, 2014
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on August 24, 2014 a Facebook post
"McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 a debate
"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 14, 2014 various blogs and Internet comments
Wisconsin is "dead last in income growth" among midwestern states during Gov. Scott Walker’s term.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2014
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on August 11, 2014 comments on Fox News Business
"Over the last 40 years, real wage growth has been flatlined because of the policies of the Federal Reserve ... It was all driven by the Federal Reserve."  
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 26, 2014
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on August 25, 2014 a web post.
"The United States is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • August 25, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 18, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst "would privatize Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2014 a meme on social media
"In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2014
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on July 13, 2014 a debate on WPRI-TV
Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 3, 2014
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on July 29, 2014
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage." 
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • August 1, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 28, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 18, 2014 a meme on social media
Says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that "if the workers are more insecure, that's very healthy for the society" because "they'll serve the masters gladly and passively."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 2, 2014 blog postings
The Obama Administration is suing a Wisconsin company for forcing employees to speak English.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • July 20, 2014
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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 an op-ed for Huffington Post
"The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • June 24, 2014
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 16, 2014 a press release
Wisconsin was the "first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 Senate floor speeches and during a news conference
The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014
Erin Lynch
Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate
"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 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
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 18, 2014 an interview
"Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career" due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 13, 2014
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