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Jennifer Beck
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview with NJToday:

"We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history."

False

By Erin O'Neill • September 27, 2012

Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2012 a Fox News interview:

"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."

False

By Becky Bowers • August 29, 2012

Paul Ryan
stated on August 27, 2012 a speech:

"Household income in America has gone down for families an average of $4,000 in the last four years" while it " went up $5,000" under Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts

False

By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2012

Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 22, 2012 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2012

Priorities USA Action
stated on August 7, 2012 campaign ad:

Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.

False

By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on July 25, 2012 an introduction to a web video:

President Obama was saying success "is the result of government," not "hard-working people," when he said, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on July 11, 2012 an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show:

"We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don't talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all is that we lost jobs."

False

By Erin O'Neill • July 15, 2012

Mark Neumann
stated on June 13, 2012 an interview:

If the U.S. didn't borrow $1.2 trillion every year "to fund government operations," that money would be available "for entrepreneurs and business people to put to work creating jobs and building and expanding their businesses."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 8, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on June 14, 2012 a conference call with reporters:

Says that under President Obama, there’s been a substantial increase in federal government jobs.

False

By Stephen Koff • June 20, 2012

Christopher Blazejewski
stated on June 5, 2012 a debate on the House floor:

Most tips left at Dunkin’ Donuts don’t go to employees.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2012

Wes Riddle
stated on October 22, 2011 a speech.:

Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012

Sherrod Brown
stated on May 14, 2012 an email campaign statement:

Says Josh Mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry.

False

By Henry J. Gomez • May 18, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech in Albany, N.Y.:

"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012

Bob McDonnell
stated on April 21, 2012 a TV interview.:

The U.S. economy is "recovering slower than Europe "

False

By Sean Gorman • May 7, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 2012

Kathleen Falk
stated on April 17, 2012 a newspaper interview:

Wisconsin women "are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job."

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 2, 2012

Bill Haslam
stated on April 20, 2012 a speech to Carter County Republican Party:

"Personal income is growing faster in Tennessee on average than any other state in the country."

False

By Tom Humphrey • April 27, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 an interview on State of the State:

President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012

Tommy Thompson
stated on March 23, 2012 a campaign speech:

Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia."

False

By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2012

Mike Dovilla
stated on March 13, 2012 a letter to the editor:

Says President Obama's decision to not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline meant "we were denied the ability immediately to reduce prices at the pump."

False

By Tom Feran • April 17, 2012

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