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Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on October 15, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 debate
"Unemployment in the city of St. Petersburg is below the state average."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on October 15, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times/mayoral debate
"Unfortunately, since Mr. Foster's been mayor ... there are less people employed in the city of St. Petersburg than there were prior to his taking office."
False
By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2013
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion piece.
Says "nearly 30,000" federal employees in Oregon were furloughed during the government shutdown.
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 17, 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
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on September 23, 2013 an interview on the John Gambling radio show
"Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James’ administration. This year it’s higher. … The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • October 10, 2013
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 7, 2013 a video
Says her actions as Wisconsin commerce secretary brought the state "84,000 more Wisconsin jobs than we have today."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 Senate floor speech on the Obamacare law
"Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2013
stated on September 24, 2013 an interview
Among the nation’s 51 largest metropolitan areas, Milwaukee is the "only one" where the poverty rate is more than "four times greater in the city than it is in the suburbs."
Half-True
October 3, 2013
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on September 13, 2013 an op-ed
"For the last decade, Floridians’ salaries have shrunk substantially" when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly True
By Rochelle Koff • October 1, 2013
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 18, 2013 a column on the party's website
The 2013-’15 state budget backed by Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers "left our technical colleges funded at 1989 levels."
Half-True
September 26, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on September 18, 2013 a campaign ad
"The president’s own advisers have said there’s a war on coal."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"Every engine manufacturer in the United States is now in the state of Texas."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2013
The Political Line
The Political Line
stated on September 11, 2013 a Twitter post
"Since sequester began federal employment has been subtracting 6,000-7,000 jobs per month"
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • September 20, 2013
Barry Smitherman
Barry Smitherman
stated on August 26, 2013 prepared remarks for speech to Texas Alliance for Life
According to an article in the Economist magazine, Americans are "guaranteed" to live above the poverty line if they graduate from high school, keep their first job for over a year and get and stay married.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 30, 2013 an interview
Says potential Democratic opponent Mary Burke "implemented the policies of Jim Doyle. Those are the policies that, in his last term, saw the state lose more than 133,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • September 18, 2013
John Currie
John Currie
stated on September 9, 2013 a guest blog post
Unemployment in Texas has risen over two percentage points with Rick Perry as governor.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 12, 2013 a press conference
According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2013
Joe Atkins
Joe Atkins
stated on August 29, 2013 an interview
"Minnesota is kicking butt relative to Wisconsin on everything from employment and job creation to school test scores, educated work force and a host of other factors and rankings"
Half-True
September 16, 2013
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
stated on September 10, 2013 a web posting
"The Kenosha casino would be one of the state’s largest employers and pay more to the state than any other company or Tribe – essentially, it would be Wisconsin’s biggest taxpayer."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a campaign press statement
Says that in his first two years, "Wisconsin has seen its best two-year job growth in a decade."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2013
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