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Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet:
Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2015
Mark Drewniak
Mark Drewniak
stated on January 6, 2015 in in a press interview:
Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters.  
True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • January 14, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech at the AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages:
"The average family not in the top 10 percent makes less money today than they were making a generation ago."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2015
Peter Feigin
Peter Feigin
stated on January 6, 2015 in a speech:
The Milwaukee Bucks are "actually younger than the Marquette team."
False
By James B. Nelson • January 9, 2015
Georgia Farm Bureau
Georgia Farm Bureau
stated on January 8, 2015 in a statement on the Georgia Farm Bureau website:
Agriculture contributes $71 billion to Georgia’s economy annually, making it the state’s largest industry.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • January 9, 2015
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 7, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:
A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014:
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"When (Barack Obama) took office, 2.3 million people were out of work. Five-plus years later, we have 5 million-plus out of work."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2014
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 11, 2014 in a radio interview:
"We've had the lowest health care inflation in history because of Obamacare."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 5, 2014
Peter Morici
Peter Morici
stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal":
Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on November 9, 2014 in an interview:
Wisconsin is below the national average in wage growth and job growth.  
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 28, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on November 9, 2014 in a TV interview:
"Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi."
Mostly True
By Katie Mulvaney • November 27, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 in a Journal commentary:
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference after the G20 summit:
"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2014
Bob Seger
Bob Seger
stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview:
The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 10, 2014
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on November 9, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
New Jersey has had "seven credit downgrades" since Chris Christie became governor.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 9, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech:
"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.   
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 7, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 in a fundraising letter:
"Among the developed nations, we are the least economically and socially mobile country in the world."
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2014
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 in a TV debate:
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
True
By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
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