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Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 18, 2014 in 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
Jeremy Schaap
stated on May 28, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Qataris don't really work."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 2, 2014
Brett Hulsey
Brett Hulsey
stated on May 21, 2014 in 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
Ed Schultz
stated on May 20, 2014 in 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
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 8, 2014 in 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
Charlie Crist
stated on April 25, 2014 in 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
Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 in 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
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on April 20, 2014 in 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
Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 in 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
Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 in 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
Mary Burke
stated on April 5, 2014 in 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
Mike Stenhouse
stated on April 2, 2014 in 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
Jerry Patterson
stated on March 30, 2014 in 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
Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 in 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
Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 in 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
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
stated on February 4, 2014 in 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
Mark Obenshain
stated on February 11, 2014 in 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
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech:
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2014
Kai Ryssdal
Kai Ryssdal
stated on February 18, 2014 in 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
Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 13, 2014 in 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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