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Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney
stated on March 27, 2012 a press release
A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on April 12, 2012 a questionnaire
Says "my advocacy questioning contracting out in Parks … delayed and altered the renewal of the Brooks contract, and reduced the number of contracted employees in Parks from over 100 to fewer than 40."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 26, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on March 28, 2012 a radio interview
Says she made a "cold call" and persuaded an Illinois company to relocate to Wisconsin. 
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • April 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 20, 2012 a graphic released by his campaign
"The total unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino workers has increased from 10% to 10.3%" between January 2009 and March 2012.  
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 6, 2012 a news release
Says Gov. Scott Walker signed abortion, sex education and discrimination bills "in secret."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 22, 2012
Ron Oakley
Ron Oakley
stated on April 16, 2012 a campaign mailer
Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board."
Mostly False
By Lee Logan • April 22, 2012
Ellen Rosenblum
Ellen Rosenblum
stated on April 11, 2012 a news story
Says Dwight Holton has never set foot in an Oregon courtroom.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2012
Sara Stevenson
Sara Stevenson
stated on April 4, 2012 an op-ed column.
"The Austin school district calendar lists 64 different dates for either a state-mandated test or make-up test."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on April 7, 2012 a letter to members
In labor negotiations with city employees, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "demanded concessions that went beyond those mandated" by Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 18, 2012
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign mailer.
"The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded ObamaCare will cost the U.S. more than 800,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on March 22, 2012 a press release.
"This rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . . "
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • April 15, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 12, 2012 a television ad
Says Sen. Bill Nelson voted to spend "$144,541 to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 9, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2012
Ted Wheeler
Ted Wheeler
stated on April 3, 2012 campaign website
Says the treasurer’s office has "saved $37 million in management costs for the oversight of public investments."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 12, 2012
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Elizabeth Ames Jones
stated on April 9, 2012 a web video.
Says she balanced a $10 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 Mitt Romney's website
"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 2012
John Burzichelli
John Burzichelli
stated on March 28, 2012 an interview on NJTV
Says in the governor’s proposed budget "the use of that, what is called one-shots, is a 500 percent increase over the last Corzine budget."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • April 9, 2012
Amy Handlin
Amy Handlin
stated on April 4, 2012 an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton
Says under the Affordable Care Act, New Jersey’s "new (Medicaid) enrollees won’t qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • April 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 a speech to newspaper editors
Says Obama has failed to pass a budget.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 6, 2012
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on March 28, 2012 an interview
"Before this law, any group could go out anywhere, register voters, sit on the voter registration forms for unlimited amount of time."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2012
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