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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 5, 2013 in a discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work,  the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2013
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on April 30, 2013 in a fundraising email:
"Six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • May 6, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 24, 2013 in a campaign speech:
"Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • May 3, 2013
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on February 14, 2013 in a Senate hearing:
South Carolina has a labor shortage, specifically in the meatpacking industry.
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • May 3, 2013
Dustin Inman Society
Dustin Inman Society
stated on April 15, 2013 in a billboard advertisement:
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says South Carolina "has a labor shortage and wants more immigration."
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • May 3, 2013
Friends of Miami First
Friends of Miami First
stated on April 23, 2013 in a mailer:
The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2013
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
stated on April 10, 2013 in a TV/internet ad:
"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • April 29, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on April 9, 2013 in a Facebook posting:
"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 24, 2013
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on April 9, 2013 in a web posting:
"Gov. Scott Walker (is) more than halfway to (his) 250,000 jobs goal."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • April 17, 2013
Ban the Box RI
Ban the Box RI
stated on March 20, 2013 in a video posted on YouTube:
"In Rhode Island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year."
True
By Michael McKinney • April 15, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on April 9, 2013 in a TV ad:
"Under Republican Chris Christie, New Jersey had the highest increase in unemployment in the country last year. Nearly 1 in 10 jobless. The worst unemployment in the region. Near the bottom in economic growth, yet Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires but vetoed a minimum wage hike."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • April 14, 2013
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Elizabeth Colbert Busch
stated on April 9, 2013 in a news release:
In South Carolina, women earn 76 cents on the dollar to men’s earnings.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • April 12, 2013
Progress Ohio
Progress Ohio
stated on March 26, 2013 in a fundraising email:
"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."
True
By Tom Feran • April 2, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on March 19, 2013 in a response to the release of employment data by the state Labor Department:
"While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than a point higher than Connecticut and New York."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • March 28, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 15, 2013 in a tweet:
"Under Gov. Kasich, Ohio wages have increased by $10.3 billion."
True
By Tom Feran • March 21, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on March 6, 2013 in a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group:
Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • March 21, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the conservative CPAC conference:
"There are 3 million jobs available in America that are not filled because too many of our people don’t have the skills for those jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2013
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
stated on March 12, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"There are 3.6 million jobs sitting vacant, in part because there aren’t enough qualified applicants to fill them."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 in a speech.:
"Over the last 20 years, the world has changed. It used to be that one could make a career out of working for one company. Today, the average worker stays at his or her job for barely four years."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 12, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 in a memo 'pre-butting' the State of the State address:
Says Gov. Rick Scott cut more government jobs than were created in the private sector in Florida in 2012.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 5, 2013
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