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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

Jeremy Schaap
stated on May 28, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:

"Qataris don't really work."

False

By Jon Greenberg • June 2, 2014

Brett Hulsey
stated on May 21, 2014 a letter:

Says opponent Mary Burke told reporters she would have "required workers to give up bargained-for healthcare and retirement benefits like Gov. Walker."

Mostly False

By Dave Umhoefer • May 29, 2014

Ed Schultz
stated on May 20, 2014 a segment on "The Ed Show":

Walmart employees receive "roughly $5,800" in public assistance per year.

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • May 23, 2014

Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 8, 2014 a radio interview:

"The average person who gets the minimum wage in America is 35 years old."

Mostly False

By Dave Umhoefer • May 21, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on April 25, 2014 a post on his campaign website:

Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2014

Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 an appearance on “10 News Conference”:

"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on April 20, 2014 an opinion piece:

"Typical minimum wage earners in America are teenagers living with their parents in middle class families."

Mostly False

By Dave Umhoefer • April 20, 2014

Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 a news release:

"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014

Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 a campaign website:

In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."

Half-True

By John Hill • April 15, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on April 5, 2014 a campaign email:

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s repeal of a 2009 law has left Wisconsin as "one of five states without an equal pay law protecting women from gender discrimination in their paycheck."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • April 13, 2014

Mike Stenhouse
stated on April 2, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 13, 2014

Jerry Patterson
stated on March 30, 2014 a news story:

Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 a tweet:

Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014

Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards:

Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."

Mostly True

By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2014

Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
stated on February 4, 2014 a hearing.:

"In 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. Today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • March 3, 2014

Mark Obenshain
stated on February 11, 2014 a floor debate.:

"There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family."

Mostly True

By Nancy Madsen • February 24, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech:

"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2014

Kai Ryssdal
stated on February 18, 2014 a "Marketplace" segment:

A Congressional Budget Office report says President Barack Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."

False

By Katie Sanders • February 20, 2014

Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 13, 2014 a speech.:

"Seventy percent of all uninsured live in households in which at least one person is working."

True

By Nancy Madsen • February 17, 2014

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