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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 27, 2011 in comments at a bill signing ceremony:
Wisconsin employers have repeatedly said in surveys that our anti-business litigation climate is one of the most important factors affecting their expansion decisions.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 2, 2011
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on January 21, 2011 in a statement at a candidate forum:
Regulations on developers have thwarted construction on county-owned land in Milwaukee’s downtown Park East corridor.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 31, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 12, 2011 in the State of the Commonwealth address:
"It is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • January 22, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 12, 2011 in a speech.:
Virginia ranked 35th in job creation in 2009 under Gov. Tim Kaine, and moved up to third for 2010, while McDonnell has been in office. 
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • January 15, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 7, 2010 in a luncheon speech at the Milwaukee Press Club:
The state is able to sharply curtail contract bargaining rights for state employee unions.
Mostly True
By James B. Nelson • January 7, 2011
Brent Larkin
Brent Larkin
stated on January 2, 2011 in a newspaper column:
Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken  "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on a New York Central train in 1935."
True
By Tom Feran • January 7, 2011
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on December 21, 2010 in an interview.:
"There hasn't really been a lot of net growth in the federal workforce when you compare it to say, 1990."
Half-True
By Wes Hester • January 6, 2011
stated on November 19, 2010 in a newsletter to Milwaukee residents:
"More than 125 jobs have been created" at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 5, 2011
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on December 20, 2010 in an interview with The Plain Dealer:
"We are one of only two states to have eight consecutive months of declining unemployment. Twenty-one states had increased unemployment last month. Ours went down."
True
By Reginald Fields • January 3, 2011
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on December 13, 2010 in a press release.:
Says Texas Republican leaders "have proposed laying off thousands of teachers."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 24, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 20, 2010 in a message via the Internet:
Unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 22, 2010
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on December 12, 2010 in a television interview:
Right-to-work states "have higher rates of income growth."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 17, 2010
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on December 9, 2010 in a news release:
Governor-elect Scott Walker’s opposition to high-speed rail "killed 13,000 Wisconsin jobs"
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2010
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on December 2, 2010 in a news release.:
The Bush-era tax cuts failed to increase employment and "work-force participation fell in 2001 and has never returned to the record level set in 2000."  
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • December 11, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 30, 2010 in an MSNBC interview :
"Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It’s not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when you’re working. You get help when you’re not."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on November 22, 2010 in his radio broadcast:
"This town (Wilmington, Ohio) hasn’t taken any money from the government. They don’t want any money from the government."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Naymik • December 3, 2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 30, 2010 in a news release:
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • December 2, 2010
Democratic Party of Georgia
Democratic Party of Georgia
stated on November 18, 2010 in a Facebook post:
"[Georgia] Republicans have mismanaged unemployment benefits."
False
By Eric Stirgus • November 30, 2010
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on November 17, 2010 in a news release:
"We (Democrats) have made steady progress creating jobs and improving our schools."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • November 26, 2010
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on November 16, 2010 in a Twitter post:
Says President Obama has grown the federal government payroll by 141,000 workers and wants to add 125,000 more.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 24, 2010
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