Fact Check Posts – Page 6

United for a Fair Economy
stated on June 7, 2011 a chart

From 1947 to 1979, family incomes for rich, middle-income and poor Americans grew about the same rate. But since 1979, incomes for rich families have grown much faster.

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2011

Barbara Boxer
stated on April 1, 2011 a press release

Says House Republicans rejected a straightforward measure that would prevent members of Congress and the president from being paid during a government shutdown.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 6, 2011

Armond Budish
stated on March 17, 2011 a letter to editor in The Plain Dealer

Says "legislation pending in the House would effectively limit or eliminate ‘time-and-a-half’ for people who work overtime."

By Joe Guillen • March 25, 2011

Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on March 2, 2011 a television ad

Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. "

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 4, 2011

Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 24, 2011 on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"

"The right-to-work states have much lower level of unemployment than the union states do."

By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2011

Ohio Democratic Party
stated on February 14, 2011 a tweet on Twitter

"FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter"

By Mark Naymik • February 24, 2011

Back to Basics
stated on October 5, 2010 a newspaper ad

Says "the Texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nation's as a whole."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 7, 2010

Barbara Boxer
stated on September 15, 2010 a political ad

"As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers."

September 17, 2010

Mary Jordan
stated on September 5, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"

Likens Obama's predicament to 1982, saying, "when Reagan just started out, (unemployment was at) exactly the same point. He was two years into his term. The unemployment was well over 10 percent, and it did come out of it."

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2010

Donna Brazile
stated on August 29, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"

"Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer."

By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2010

David Axelrod
stated on July 11, 2010 an interview on "This Week."

Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 13, 2010

John McCain
stated on July 4, 2010 an interview on "This Week."

As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 7, 2010

Jeff Miller
stated on November 19, 2009 a newsletter

Recovery.gov listed congressional districts that "do not exist."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 24, 2009

Michael Moore
stated on September 29, 2009 a news conference in Washington, D.C.

"The richest 1 percent have more financial wealth than the bottom 95 percent combined."

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2009

Arlen Specter
stated on March 24, 2009 a speech on the Senate floor

The Employee Free Choice Act mandates the "elimination of the secret ballot."

By Alexander Lane • March 27, 2009

Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 her address at the Democratic National Convention.

As a state senator in Illinois, Obama made sure women got equal pay for equal work.

By Richard Rubin • August 26, 2008

Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 Denver

While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed legislation moving people "from welfare to jobs."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 25, 2008

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