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Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 8, 2011 an opinion article at HuffingtonPost.com
Says that according to one economist, $1 of unemployment benefits boosts the economy by $1.61.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • December 15, 2011
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on December 6, 2011 an opinion column
Since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took office, "we are losing jobs at rates not seen in decades."  
False
December 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Jay Webber
Jay Webber
stated on November 28, 2011 an NJToday interview
Says "our unemployment insurance trust fund is broke. We're over a billion dollars in debt to the federal government."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 11, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference
"The only reason the unemployment rate is going down is because … twice as many people dropped out of the employment pool as the number of jobs were created."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 5, 2011 a press conference
President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 a speech
Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview
Says Barack Obama had "huge majorities" in Congress during his first two years in office and "did nothing with them to create jobs in America."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • December 4, 2011
David Frum
David Frum
stated on November 28, 2011 a New York magazine article.
"Eighty percent of the net new jobs created in the state of Texas since 2009 went to the foreign-born."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 2, 2011
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on November 30, 2011 his website
Says the federal stimulus program was ineffective because "the number of jobs has actually decreased by 18,300 through July 2011."
Half-True
By Charles Pope • November 30, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on November 30, 2011 a Web video
In Pennsylvania, President Barack Obama’s policies have increased unemployment 19 percent, led to the loss of 37,900 manufacturing jobs, and left 189,000 more people in poverty.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2011
Eric Gray
Eric Gray
stated on November 3, 2011 a speech
Georgia is one of seven states to lose jobs in 2011 and has lost 8,200 jobs so far.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 30, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 21, 2011 an NJToday interview
"While (Chris Christie) talks about job creation, we don't see jobs being created in this state."
False
By Bill Wichert • November 28, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 11, 2011 a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing
"We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
New Jersey Tea Party
New Jersey Tea Party
stated on September 2, 2011 a retweet
"Since Obama took office, a net of 540,000 additional black Americans – Obama’s strongest supporters – have lost their jobs." 
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • November 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican debate in Washington
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
True
By Bill Adair • November 23, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech
Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 25, 2011 a speech
"One-third of our college grads leave Ohio within three years."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • November 17, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 13, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
After losing 750,000 jobs a month before this administration, the U.S. economy under Barack Obama has had 20 straight months of growth, has added 2.8 million jobs in the private sector and added "millions of jobs in manufacturing."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on November 2, 2011 a TV ad
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011
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