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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign ad
"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 14, 2012 a conference call with reporters
Says that under President Obama, there’s been a substantial increase in federal government jobs.  
False
By Stephen Koff • June 20, 2012
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on June 12, 2012 a press release
Says, "Less than half of all states have legal protections on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, despite the fact that LGBT Americans report employment discrimination and unemployment at much higher rates than the U.S. average."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • June 18, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on June 12, 2012 a press release.
Says Mitt Romney has said "we don't need 'more firemen, more policemen, more teachers.' "
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • June 18, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on June 7, 2012
Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax.
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 17, 2012
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on June 14, 2012 a letter to The Telegraph
"The latest evidence of Republican success is that since the beginning of the current legislative term, state unemployment has gone down almost 20% to 5% adjusted."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 campaign ad “We’ve heard it all before,” airing in New Hampshire and around the U.S
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom.  
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • June 14, 2012
Stop Gillnetting Now
Stop Gillnetting Now
stated on May 30, 2012 campaign press statement
Says "Oregon is one of only three states that allow the use of gillnets on inland waters."
False
By Janie Har • June 14, 2012
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 his speech at Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston
Says under Mitt Romney, Massachusetts was 47th in job creation.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • June 13, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 6, 2012 a radio appearance
"Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes" in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 13, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 3, 2012 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"Giving the facts:  73,000 jobs created ... since '11.  Do you know how many direct jobs in the auto industry?  1,800."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • June 13, 2012
Christopher Blazejewski
Christopher Blazejewski
stated on June 5, 2012 a debate on the House floor
Most tips left at Dunkin’ Donuts don’t go to employees.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 a campaign ad
"Romney outsourced call center jobs to India."  
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • June 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 8, 2012 a campaign ad
As governor of Massachusetts, "Romney reduced unemployment to just 4.7 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2012
Jeff Fitzgerald
Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview
"Minnesota has passed and Indiana has passed" right to work laws making union membership and dues optional
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 11, 2012
Diane Black
Diane Black
stated on June 1, 2012 a press release.
 The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher."
True
By Michael Collins • June 11, 2012
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on May 23, 2012 a television interview
A new manufacturing plant is slated to create about 3,000 jobs in central and northeast Georgia and "create about a $3 billion infusion" into the economy.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 11, 2012
Wes Riddle
Wes Riddle
stated on October 22, 2011 a speech.
Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 a television ad
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2012
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on June 1, 2012 a newsletter
Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling "Governor Christie a ‘fiscal phony.’"
False
By Bill Wichert • June 6, 2012
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