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Paul LePage
Paul LePage
stated on October 14, 2013 in a speech in Falmouth, Maine:
"About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
stated on October 20, 2013 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"As a result of Obamacare, we are becoming something of a part-time employment country."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2013
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 13, 2013 in an interview:
"We’re 49th in the United States in new businesses created."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 20, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on September 19, 2013 in a speech.:
Since Obamacare became law, "most of our new jobs have been part-time jobs."
False
By Sean Gorman • October 18, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on October 15, 2013 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
By Tom Kertscher • October 3, 2013
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on September 13, 2013 in 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 in 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
By Tom Kertscher • September 26, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on September 18, 2013 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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