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Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on April 10, 2013 an interview with NPR:
"We have the fewest people employed in this country since 1979."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2013
Jim Taricani
Jim Taricani
stated on March 24, 2013 a comment made on "10 News Conference.":
"No one knows who bought the [38 Studios] bonds. And there was some language put in the bond offer that they must remain anonymous."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the conservative CPAC conference:
"There are 3 million jobs available in America that are not filled because too many of our people don’t have the skills for those jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on January 7, 2013 a newspaper interview:
"Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers."
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By Tom Feran • February 4, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 4, 2013 a tweet:
"Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 20, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech:
Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs."
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By Tom Kertscher • January 19, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 11, 2012 a news conference:
Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • December 14, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2012 a television interview:
Says President Barack Obama "did not come into office with the economy in a free fall."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • November 26, 2012
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
stated on October 24, 2012 in a TV ad:
"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
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By Becky Bowers • October 30, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
"Latin America’s economy is almost as big as the economy of China."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
"Veterans’ unemployment is actually now lower than (the) general population. It was higher when I came into office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate:
Says his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 1, 2012 news release:
The  Georgia Department of Economic Development assisted with the creation of 28,776 jobs, an increase of 29 percent from last fiscal year, and $5.97 billion in investments, a 32 percent increase.  
Half-True
By Janel Davis • October 16, 2012
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on October 9, 2012 a debate:
"Under the Obama administration, we are drilling and producing more domestic energy supplies than we ever had before."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2012 a campaign ad:
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 2, 2012 a campaign commercial:
President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV:
Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on September 4, 2012 a TV ad:
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "supports massive tax cuts for corporations that outsource Wisconsin jobs."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 26, 2012
Chris Devaney
Chris Devaney
stated on September 4, 2012 Tennessee Republican Party web site posting:
President Obama campaign surrogate Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley "acknowledged that we are not better off than we were four years ago."
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By Michael Collins • September 21, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 19, 2012 an election flier :
"Since President Obama took office, over 88,000 Ohio workers have lost their jobs."
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By Tom Feran • September 20, 2012
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