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Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":

"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014

Chris Moews
stated on July 14, 2014 in an interview:

Milwaukee County taxpayers paid $370,000 to settle a lawsuit over a decision by Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. to use "untrained corrections officers" rather than deputies to patrol the lakefront.

Mostly False

By James B. Nelson • July 29, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on July 22, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:

"(Mary) Burke’s company," Trek Bicycles, "makes 99% of their bikes overseas."

Mostly True

By Dave Umhoefer • July 28, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 18, 2014 in a meme on social media:

Says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that "if the workers are more insecure, that's very healthy for the society" because "they'll serve the masters gladly and passively."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

Bloggers
stated on July 2, 2014 in blog postings:

The Obama Administration is suing a Wisconsin company for forcing employees to speak English.

Mostly False

By James B. Nelson • July 20, 2014

Allan Fung
stated on June 26, 2014 in a letter to taxpayers:

Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2014

Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 in Senate floor speeches and during a news conference:

The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014

Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:

"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014

Brett Hulsey
stated on May 21, 2014 in a letter:

Says opponent Mary Burke told reporters she would have "required workers to give up bargained-for healthcare and retirement benefits like Gov. Walker."

Mostly False

By Dave Umhoefer • May 29, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2014 in a speech at the New America Foundation:

"Canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the United States. They are working fewer hours for more pay, … living longer on average, and facing less income inequality."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2014

Ken Paxton
stated on May 11, 2014 in a news story:

Dan Branch "once lobbied for the AFL-CIO."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014

Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 in a campaign website:

In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."

Half-True

By John Hill • April 15, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 19, 2014 in a radio commentary:

Wisconsin is "one of the bluest" states, but under Scott Walker its unemployment rate "is around 3.5%."

False

By Tom Kertscher • April 2, 2014

Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 in a TV interview:

Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."

False

By John Hill • March 10, 2014

Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 in an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards:

Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."

Mostly True

By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2014

David Cicilline
stated on February 11, 2014 in a House floor speech:

"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 in a news release:

"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2014

Daniel Harrop
stated on December 15, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers:

"We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 9, 2014

John Cornyn
stated on January 10, 2014 in an online commentary:

"25% of human trafficking victims are located in Texas."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2014

Rana Foroohar
stated on January 10, 2014 in a CNN interview:

"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2014

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