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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 7, 2010 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 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 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 a newsletter to Milwaukee residents
"More than 125 jobs have been created" at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
Mostly True
January 5, 2011
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on December 20, 2010 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 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 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 a television interview
Right-to-work states "have higher rates of income growth."
Half-True
December 17, 2010
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on December 9, 2010 a news release
Governor-elect Scott Walker’s opposition to high-speed rail "killed 13,000 Wisconsin jobs"
Pants on Fire!
December 14, 2010
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on December 2, 2010 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 27, 2010 a speech on the Senate floor.
"The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 21, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 2, 2010 a TV interview
"We’ve been able to create about 60,000 net new jobs" in Virginia since February.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • November 17, 2010
Marvin Pratt
Marvin Pratt
stated on November 2, 2010 a TV interview
Milwaukee’s problems include "52 percent black male unemployment."
False
November 17, 2010
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on November 4, 2010 a news release issued by the group's John Muir chapter in Wisconsin
If the state turns down money for high-speed rail, it will "kill nearly 10,000 permanent Wisconsin jobs."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • November 15, 2010
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