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EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on June 16, 2014 a television ad
"Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 30, 2014 a statement
Under Gov. Scott Walker, "employer confidence now stands at 95 percent," compared to "only 10 percent" at the end of the "Gov. Jim Doyle-Mary Burke administration."  
Mostly False
June 15, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on June 3, 2014 a radio ad
"Sen. McConnell says it's not his job to bring jobs to Kentucky."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 6, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 emails circulating on the Internet
Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2014
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 8, 2014 an interview
"This generation, on average, is starting their careers, if they’ve been to a four-year college, with just under $30,000 in debt."
Half-True
By Devon Waugh • June 4, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 2, 2014 a post on his website
New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 2, 2014
Brett Hulsey
Brett Hulsey
stated on April 30, 2014 a news release
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has made Wisconsin 2nd in the nation in losing jobs."
False
By James B. Nelson • June 2, 2014
Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on May 27, 2014 a radio commercial
Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 30, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2014 a meme on social media
"For every one job created under the Obama administration, 75 people went on food stamps."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2014
Tammy Baldwin
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
Jim Francesconi
Jim Francesconi
stated on April 15, 2014 a campaign website statement
"Economic inequality in Multnomah County has a face -- and a name. It has 90,000 faces and names -- the number of county residents who are still unemployed, or underemployed, in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street crash."
False
By Dana Tims • May 16, 2014
Miami Seaport Alliance
Miami Seaport Alliance
stated on April 24, 2014 a "Miami Herald" newspaper ad
David Beckham’s proposed soccer stadium at Miami’s Port "threatens the 207,000 jobs and $27 billion economic impact tied to the cargo and cruise industries."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on May 7, 2014 an email to supporters
"Oregon today has 100,000 more jobs than it did when I was elected."
Mostly True
By Dana Tims, Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union."
The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC
If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2014 a meme shared on social media
"Every single one of the 41 Republican senators who just blocked a raise in the minimum wage will receive a $2,800 cost-of-living adjustment on January 1, 2015."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2014
Tom Corbett
Tom Corbett
stated on April 30, 2014 a radio ad
"On (Tom) Wolf’s watch, taxes were high, killing 100,000 PA jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2014
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on April 18, 2014 an interview
Welcome to Wisconsin road signs have "always been made in Wisconsin," but Scott Walker "is outsourcing them" to an out-of-state company and "paying more money for them."
False
April 30, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2014 a weekly address
"The average minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 23, 2014 a news conference
40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
Half-True
April 29, 2014
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