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John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on February 2, 2013 a campaign rally
"We have a governor who's vetoed measures like increasing our minimum wage and restoring the earned income tax cut."
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By Bill Wichert • February 14, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 22, 2013 a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5’s “Ask the Governor”
Says "on the state level, we spend less today than Jon Corzine spent in fiscal year 2008, five years later."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • February 3, 2013
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech on the House floor
Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."
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By Bill Wichert • January 31, 2013
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on December 31, 2012 an interview on WOR-AM
Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 13, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on December 23, 2012 a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America.
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By Bill Wichert • December 27, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on December 4, 2012 a press conference in Trenton
"Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."
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By Caryn Shinske • December 16, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor
Says "the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since" 1964.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 3, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on November 14, 2012 a speech
"For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin."
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By Bill Wichert • November 26, 2012
Paul Levesque
Paul Levesque
stated on October 24, 2012 an interview on NYPost.com
"We’ve outdrawn the Super Bowl for a little while now in the arenas and stadiums that we’ve followed them in for the Super Bowl. We’ve gone in after [the NFL] and surpassed their ticket sales."
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By Caryn Shinske • November 22, 2012
Big Gamble NJ
Big Gamble NJ
stated on November 13, 2012 a website
"In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."
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By Erin O'Neill • November 19, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 30, 2012 an interview on NBC Nightly News
Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars."
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By Erin O'Neill • November 18, 2012
Caroline Casagrande
Caroline Casagrande
stated on October 26, 2012 an interview with NJTV's Michael Aron for "On The Record"
"Every American now is $51,000 in debt. That’s money I owe, that’s money my children owe before they even go to kindergarten, that’s their check to the federal government right now."
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By Caryn Shinske • November 15, 2012
Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
stated on September 14, 2012 an interview on MyCentralJersey.com
"There’s 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. They don’t have to wait until they’re 65."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • October 25, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 16, 2012 a town hall meeting in West Milford
"Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • October 22, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on October 1, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says Chris Christie created "this new category where you could get laid off and just be totally denied unemployment benefits forever."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • October 11, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV
Says Paul Ryan’s budget would turn Medicare into a "voucher."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • October 5, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV
Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012
Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 31, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • September 10, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on August 20, 2012 a radio interview
"We've got the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 27, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 9, 2012 a video posted on YouTube
Says Jon Corzine "gave away 14 percent raises over 4 years and he stood on the front steps of the Capitol at a public-sector union rally and said, 'I will fight to get you a great contract.’"
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 20, 2012
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