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Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 14, 2012 an email campaign statement
Says Josh Mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry.
False
By Henry J. Gomez • May 18, 2012
Bob Latta
Bob Latta
stated on May 5, 2012 an email statement
Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech in Albany, N.Y.
"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 2, 2012 an email statement
Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • May 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 4, 2012 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (Creating 115,000 jobs, the total from April 2012) is way, way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on April 21, 2012 a TV interview.
 The U.S. economy is "recovering slower than Europe "
False
By Sean Gorman • May 7, 2012
stated on April 26, 2012 a tweet
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country."
Half-True
May 6, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 2012
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on April 19, 2012 an interview with Austin's KUT, 90.5 FM.
"Over the history of Austin, it’s always gotten more expensive."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 17, 2012 a newspaper interview
Wisconsin women "are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job."
False
May 2, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 23, 2012 a news release
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • May 2, 2012
Michael Turner
Michael Turner
stated on April 23, 2012 a statement supporting Mitt Romney
Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • April 30, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on April 20, 2012 a news release.
Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • April 29, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 18, 2012 radio interview
"About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 27, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on April 20, 2012 a speech to Carter County Republican Party
"Personal income is growing faster in Tennessee on average than any other state in the country."
False
By Tom Humphrey • April 27, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 an interview on State of the State
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 24, 2012 a graphic posted on his website
In the "Obama economy ... the youth unemployment rate is double the unemployment rate for all Americans."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2012 a speech in Elyria, Ohio
Under Republican economic policies, "the typical American family saw their incomes fall by about 6 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2012
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
stated on April 22, 2012 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"One out of two Americans … are living either in or near poverty. That means 150 million Americans, half of us."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign speech
"The number of new businesses started per year has dropped by 100,000 during this president’s term."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • April 22, 2012
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