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Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 8, 2014 a news release
"In Wisconsin, a woman only earns 80 cents for every $1 a man earns."
Mostly True
April 23, 2014
Jason Carter
Jason Carter
stated on April 8, 2014 social media posts
Women are paid 77 cents for every $1 men get for the same work.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • April 21, 2014
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 an appearance on “10 News Conference”
"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on April 10, 2014 statements
"On average, women make 77 cents for every dollar men make."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 18, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on April 2, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 13, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 13, 2014 a campaign ad
Says the Koch brothers want to "protect tax cuts for companies that ship our jobs overseas."
False
By Steve Contorno • April 11, 2014
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Partnership for Women & Families
stated on April 8, 2014 a news release
"Women in Oregon are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men. If the wage gap was eliminated, a working woman in Oregon would have enough money for 2,877 gallons of gas, 72 more weeks of food for her family or nearly 12 more months of rent."
True
By Dana Tims • April 10, 2014
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on April 8, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"
"Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2014
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on April 4, 2014 a meme on Twitter
"Who will raising the minimum wage actually help? … More than half work full-time. The average worker is 35 years old."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2014
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on March 30, 2014 a news story
Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition"
"Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 a jobs proposal
"Wisconsin wages are declining at double the rate of other states."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • March 31, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 a report
"Wisconsin now ranks among the top 10 states for out-migration."  
Mostly False
March 30, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 a Facebook post
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 21, 2014 public remarks
Florida's revenue "is growing at a faster rate than almost any state in the country."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 26, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on March 7, 2014 a radio interview
After hiring a campaign manager in 2006, "I got this $100 and something fee ... for hazardous materials."  
Mostly False
By John Hill • March 23, 2014
Barbara Sharief
Barbara Sharief
stated on March 21, 2014 a speech in Davie, Fla.
Broward County’s unemployment rate of 5.3 percent is "the lowest in Florida."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 a tweet
Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on March 16, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
"The majority support (raising) the minimum wage."
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 16, 2014
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