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Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on February 18, 2013 a radio interview:
"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 3, 2013
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on February 25, 2013 an interview on Fox News:
Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • February 28, 2013
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference:
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Sarah Eckhardt
Sarah Eckhardt
stated on February 18, 2013 an email blast.:
Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013
Bob Stacey
Bob Stacey
stated on November 26, 2012 in a memo:
Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."
False
By Christian Gaston • February 20, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 the Republican response to the State of the Union Address:
"Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address:
"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on January 7, 2013 a newspaper interview:
"Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • February 4, 2013
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech on the House floor:
Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 31, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on January 20, 2013 his Fox News show:
Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 5, 2012 a news conference.:
Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.
False
By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2013
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on January 8, 2013 a news release:
Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • January 24, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech:
"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 21, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 4, 2013 a tweet:
"Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 20, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 State of the State address:
"In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010."
True
By Caryn Shinske • January 20, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech:
Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 19, 2013
Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on January 3, 2013 a radio interview:
"The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 13, 2013
James Bennett
James Bennett
stated on January 1, 2013 a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video:
"Our numbers are going up at the airport."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2013
Zell Miller
Zell Miller
stated on December 11, 2012 an op-ed:
"[T]he Georgia Dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of Georgia."
False
By Eric Stirgus • December 21, 2012
Larry Kilgore
Larry Kilgore
stated on November 23, 2012 a New York Times news story:
Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.
False
By Sue Owen • December 20, 2012
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