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Texas secession petition
Texas secession petition
stated on November 9, 2012 the White House's "We the People" petition web site:
Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.
True
By Sue Owen • December 18, 2012
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on December 3, 2012 a blog post:
"Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website."
False
By James B. Nelson • December 17, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on December 4, 2012 a press conference in Trenton:
"Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • December 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 5, 2012 a report:
"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 11, 2012 a news conference:
Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • December 14, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 27, 2012 a speech on the House floor:
"Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
True
By Tom Feran • December 14, 2012
Pew Environment Group
Pew Environment Group
stated on December 11, 2012 a newspaper advertisement:
"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 14, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau:
Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."
True
By Tom Feran • December 12, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on December 1, 2012 a newspaper interview:
"The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
True
By John Hill • December 9, 2012
Anne Goodman
Anne Goodman
stated on December 3, 2012 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Says food stamp growth, while high, lagged the rise in unemployment.
True
By Stephen Koff • December 6, 2012
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on December 3, 2012 a speech.:
Says that in 2011, Oregon had "the second fastest growing economy in the nation."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 5, 2012
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on November 28, 2012 remarks to the Florida Chamber of Commerce:
"National studies are already showing the negative effects that the health care law is having on businesses and our economy. Businesses across the country are raising their prices … (or) cutting jobs as a result of the added cost."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 18, 2012 a newspaper column:
"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  
True
By John Hill • November 30, 2012
Jobs Ohio
Jobs Ohio
stated on November 17, 2012 a television ad:
"In the past year alone, Ohio businesses have created more jobs than almost every other state in the country."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 29, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2012 a television interview:
Says President Barack Obama "did not come into office with the economy in a free fall."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • November 26, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 9, 2012 a newspaper interview:
Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would  "take us into a recession and kill jobs."
True
By Stephen Koff • November 15, 2012
People's Majority
People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 a TV commercial:
"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on November 2, 2012 a tweet:
Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2012
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:
Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on October 24, 2012 a television commercial:
Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 1, 2012
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