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Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 19, 2012 a web video:
Over the last six months, President Barack Obama has golfed 10 times and held 106 fundraisers, but his jobs council has never met.
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2012
Cascade Policy Institute
Cascade Policy Institute
stated on July 5, 2012 a website:
Unemployment among Oregon high school graduates aged 18 to 20 increased more than 200 percent from 2008 to 2011, while the U.S. average increased only 30 percent.
Half-True
By Janie Har • July 19, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 8, 2012 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Eighty out of 82 counties in Ohio ... have an auto manufacturing facility."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 18, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 9, 2012 his keynote address at the Republican Party of Texas convention:
Says if labor force participation rate were the same as when Barack Obama became president, unemployment would be 11 percent.
True
By Sue Owen • July 17, 2012
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on June 5, 2012 a telephone town hall meeting:
"The state of Ohio has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation right now and is leading the pack in terms of job creation."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • July 16, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on July 11, 2012 an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show:
"We are not producing jobs. We created 80,000 jobs last month. We don't talk about the jobs that we lost. The net of it all is that we lost jobs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 15, 2012
Charles Bass
Charles Bass
stated on June 11, 2012 a speech after he filed to run for reelection at the New Hampshire Statehouse:
"America used to be the third easiest country to get established in a business. It's now number 17."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • July 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 3, 2012 a campaign commercial:
"Mitt Romney's companies were pioneers in outsourcing U.S. jobs to low-wage countries."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2012
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on July 9, 2012 news conference remarks:
Says she "stood up to" Gov. Scott Walker on tax cuts "for wealthy corporations" while her congressional opponent voted with Walker.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 13, 2012
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on July 8, 2012 a Tweet:
"Unemployment rate dropped in every state that elected a Republican gov. in 2010"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Tom Mooney • July 11, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on June 13, 2012 an interview:
If the U.S. didn't borrow $1.2 trillion every year "to fund government operations," that money would be available "for entrepreneurs and business people to put to work creating jobs and building and expanding their businesses."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 8, 2012
Bill Weimer
Bill Weimer
stated on June 26, 2012 a newspaper column:
"Fireworks have never been safer, and their use continues to increase each year."
True
By Tom Feran • July 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 14, 2012 a campaign speech:
"Over the last few decades, the income of the top 1 percent grew by more than 275 percent -- to an average of $1.3 million a year."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • June 28, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 18, 2012 a speech:
"The median income in America has dropped by 10 percent in the last four years."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 27, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on June 12, 2012 an online blog post:
Obama has "racked up more debt than any president in history — over $5 trillion."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • June 27, 2012
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on June 13, 2012 a TV ad.:
"As Virginia lost over 65,000 jobs, (Tim) Kaine put partisan ambitions first" by serving as DNC chairman during the last year of his governorship.
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • June 22, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 14, 2012 a conference call with reporters:
Says that under President Obama, there’s been a substantial increase in federal government jobs.  
False
By Stephen Koff • June 20, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on June 6, 2012 a tweet:
"In 2011, NJ economy ranked 47th--at the bottom with Alabama, Mississippi & Wyoming. Under Christie, NJ is falling behind."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • June 19, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on June 12, 2012 a press release.:
Says Mitt Romney has said "we don't need 'more firemen, more policemen, more teachers.' "
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • June 18, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on June 7, 2012:
Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax.
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 17, 2012
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