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Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate
By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview
Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."  
Mostly False
September 19, 2014
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on August 11, 2014 comments on Fox News Business
"Over the last 40 years, real wage growth has been flatlined because of the policies of the Federal Reserve ... It was all driven by the Federal Reserve."  
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 26, 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
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 18, 2014 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
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
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on May 20, 2014 a segment on "The Ed Show"
Walmart employees receive "roughly $5,800" in public assistance per year.
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By Katie Sanders • May 23, 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
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on April 20, 2014 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 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
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on April 2, 2014 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
George Will
George Will
stated on February 9, 2014 a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 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
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 29, 2013 an email blast.
"Texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job."
Mostly False
By Andra Lim • August 7, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 18, 2013 a video.
"Women still earn about 77 cents for every dollar a man earns for working the same job."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 15, 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
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on May 29, 2013 in a press release
Says a group "estimates that the annual cost to Oregon taxpayers for government services to illegal aliens, after any income tax revenue from them, is $1 billion."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • June 15, 2013
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