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Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014
Georgians Together
Georgians Together
stated on September 25, 2014 television attack ad
David Perdue "opposes laws that provide equal pay protections for women."  
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • October 2, 2014
Chris Moews
Chris Moews
stated on July 14, 2014 an interview
Milwaukee County taxpayers paid $370,000 to settle a lawsuit over a decision by Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. to use "untrained corrections officers" rather than deputies to patrol the lakefront.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • July 29, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 2, 2014 blog postings
The Obama Administration is suing a Wisconsin company for forcing employees to speak English.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • July 20, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 Senate floor speeches and during a news conference
The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014
Erin Lynch
Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate
"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014
Brett Hulsey
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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2013 a Facebook posting
"Since 1988, Congress has raised its own salary 15 times 'to reflect rising costs.' But raised the minimum wage only three times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 2, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in a press release
Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
Jennifer Parrish
Jennifer Parrish
stated on September 5, 2013 a newspaper commentary
"Six years after unionization, 20,000 fewer children in Illinois were being served by the Child Care and Development Fund program."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • October 13, 2013
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on July 2, 2013 a speech on the House floor.
In Rhode Island, 9 percent of workers use the state's temporary disability insurance program each year while in New Jersey, the rate is only 3 percent.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 14, 2013
Robert Singer
Robert Singer
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech on the New Jersey Senate floor
"More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • December 13, 2012
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
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
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
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
Nicholas Kettle
Nicholas Kettle
stated on January 27, 2012 a radio talk show
"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • February 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 7, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • December 14, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on October 14, 2011 a campaign commercial
"Government employees make 43 percent more in wages and benefits" than private-sector workers.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • November 4, 2011
We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 27, 2011 a television commercial
"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 10, 2011
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