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Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 a speech:

"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014

Keith Ellison
stated on February 9, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

"Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world."

Mostly True

By Julie Kliegman • February 9, 2014

Eric Cantor
stated on February 4, 2014 a news release.:

"The CBO’s latest report confirms what Republicans have been saying for years now. Under Obamacare, millions of hardworking Americans will lose their jobs."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • February 7, 2014

Thomas Perez
stated on February 4, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2014

Gretchen Carlson
stated on February 4, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The Real Story":

"The CBO now says the president's health care law will cut the number of full-time jobs in the United States by 2.3 million by 2021."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2014

Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 15, 2014 his state of state speech:

"Since I took office in January 2011, we have created 11,100 Rhode Island-based jobs."

Half-True

By John Hill • February 2, 2014

Brett Hulsey
stated on January 9, 2014 a radio interview:

"Every year since Gov. Walker and the Republicans have been in control of the Legislature we’ve created fewer jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."

False

By James B. Nelson • January 31, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 a response to the State of the Union address:

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address:

Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014

Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on January 28, 2014 the Republican response to the State of the Union address:

"Last month, more Americans stopped looking for a job than found one."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of Union address:

During the past four years, "average wages have barely budged."

True

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014

Steven King
stated on January 5, 2014 a TV interview:

"We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park.

True

By John Hill • January 22, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 a speech:

"(M)ore Georgians have jobs than at any other time since October 2008."

True

By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 21, 2014

Chris Christie
stated on January 14, 2014 a State of the State address:

"Today, our unemployment rate is 7.8 percent. That is the lowest in five years."

Mostly True

By Caryn Shinske • January 19, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on January 7, 2014 an interview:

Scott Walker's income "tax plan is a tax hike. It increases taxes for nearly 80% of the people in the state."

Pants on Fire!

By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2014

Rana Foroohar
stated on January 10, 2014 a CNN interview:

"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2014

Americans United for Change
stated on January 14, 2014 a press release:

"Sens. Isakson’s, Chambliss’ Votes Against Unemployment Insurance Were Votes to Kill Nearly 6,000 Georgia Jobs."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on January 6, 2014 an interview:

"Jobs that involve the minimum wage are overwhelmingly jobs for young people starting out in the workforce."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • January 13, 2014

Gene Sperling
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Our economy still has three people looking for every job (opening)."

True

By Julie Kliegman • January 7, 2014

Marie Corfield
stated on December 30, 2013 a column on BlueJersey.com:

Says New Jersey has "the highest unemployment rate in the region" and "stagnant job growth."

Half-True

By Caryn Shinske • January 5, 2014

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