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John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 24, 2011 a Twitter message.:
Congressional Budget Office "says 8 (percent) unemployment till 2014!"
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on August 6, 2011 a Texas Capitol rally.:
Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 10, 2011 a news conference in Belmar :
"Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, we've created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 21, 2011
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on August 5, 2011 a web video:
Virginia has made "no progress on jobs" since Bob McDonnell took office.
False
By Sean Gorman • August 18, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2011 a news release:
Under Gov. Scott Walker, "unemployment is increasing in Wisconsin at twice the rate it is nationally."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 18, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on August 11, 2011 an interview with ABC TV.:
"Twenty-five states have lower unemployment than Texas" which is "tied with Mississippi for more minimum-wage jobs than anywhere in the United States."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2011
Bob Wirch
Bob Wirch
stated on July 25, 2011 campaign mail piece:
Says he "helped bring" Uline company to Kenosha area, "creating 800 local jobs."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2011
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on July 19, 2011 a press release:
The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."
False
By PolitiFact Staff • August 10, 2011
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on July 31, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Tax increases under Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm led to state unemployment going from 6.8 percent to 15.3 percent.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 2, 2011 a Senate floor speech:
There was a "loss of eight million jobs during the Bush eight years."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 5, 2011 a news release:
Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind’s "stimulus cost taxpayers $278,000 per job."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2011
Joshua Henne
Joshua Henne
stated on July 20, 2011 a press release from One New Jersey:
Says New Jersey has fewer jobs since Gov. Chris Christie took office.
False
By Bill Wichert • August 1, 2011
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on July 21, 2011 a news release:
Says "over 50 percent of U.S. job growth in June came" from Wisconsin.
False
By James B. Nelson • July 28, 2011
Shirley Turner
Shirley Turner
stated on July 12, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor:
Says unemployment in Trenton is "twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state" and, as a result, "we have seen an increase in crime."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 26, 2011
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on June 29, 2011 an interview with CNBC:
"The only growth sector that we’ve had in the last two years in America is government growth."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 22, 2011
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 18, 2011 a tweet:
"Since 2000, nearly 12 million Americans have slipped out of the middle class and into poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 5, 2011 a Twitter message.:
Says President Barack Obama’s "own economists say the stimulus cost $278K per job ‘created.’ "
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2011
Craig Miller
Craig Miller
stated on July 12, 2011 a campaign launch message on his website:
"I've created over 40,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 17, 2011 interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 19, 2011
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on July 17, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The black unemployment rate (has) increased since the recovery has begun."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2011
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