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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature
Starting in December 2007, "1.4 million jobs were created in Texas. In that same period, the rest of the country lost 400,000 jobs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
"Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
The United States is "the only advanced country on Earth" that doesn’t guarantee "paid maternity leave to our workers."
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By Steve Contorno • January 21, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on January 7, 2015 a tweet
Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago."  
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January 14, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech at the AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages
"The average family not in the top 10 percent makes less money today than they were making a generation ago."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 a speech
Figures for September 2014’s job growth in Wisconsin mark the "largest private-sector job creation we've had in the month of September in more than a decade"
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By James B. Nelson • October 29, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2014 remarks during a campaign stop
"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
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By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 22, 2014 an interview
Under Scott Walker, "right now, we’re 46th in the country in terms of new businesses started."  
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September 29, 2014
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on August 24, 2014 a Facebook post
"McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 25, 2014 a campaign television ad
In the latest jobs numbers Wisconsin "ranked third in the Midwest."
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By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on August 26, 2014 a TV debate
"My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."
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By Karen Lee Ziner • August 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 13, 2014 a TV ad
Says he "invested over $100 million in worker training."
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August 24, 2014
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on July 29, 2014
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage." 
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By Molly O'Connor • August 1, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign email
"Women in Florida make 83 cents for every dollar a man makes."
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By Joshua Gillin • July 30, 2014
Fresh Start PA
Fresh Start PA
stated on July 15, 2014 a campaign ad
Under Gov. Tom Corbett, "Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"As Jim Doyle’s Commerce secretary, Mary Burke spent $12.5 million dollars to buy a vacant lot for a company that said it had no plans to create jobs in Wisconsin" and had laid off 800 workers.
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 10, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 19, 2014 a news conference
"We in this state saw more job creation in the last three years since I've been governor than you saw in the whole eight years of Doyle’s time as governor."
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By Devon Waugh • July 9, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 an op-ed for Huffington Post
"The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave."
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By Steve Contorno • June 24, 2014
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