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Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on March 19, 2012 a news release:
Says Congressman Steve Rothman voted against funding for President Barack Obama’s auto bailout and would have let automakers go bankrupt.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • March 29, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on March 3, 2012 a speech:
Says when he was governor, Wisconsin cut unemployment to 2.1 percent and the state’s unemployment rate was "the lowest in the country for 40 consecutive months."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 26, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 7, 2012 a news release:
"New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years."
True
By Tom Feran • March 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 15, 2012 in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”:
"(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 15, 2012 a campaign video:
By the time Obama took office, "The Bush administration had given the car companies $13 billion and the money was now gone."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 19, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on March 12, 2012 a news release:
"More than 27,000 Rhode Island jobs depend on trade with Canada."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 18, 2012
Robert Jacquard
Robert Jacquard
stated on March 6, 2012 a speech:
"There are a lot of casinos across the country that have gone bankrupt."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 15, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on March 13, 2012 a news release:
There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • March 14, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on February 24, 2012 a debate.:
"Seven out of the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates (have) Republican governors … That approach that Republicans are using is working."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • March 12, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 25, 2012 an interview:
Says 94 percent of Wisconsin employers think the state "is heading in the right direction" and a majority say they will "grow their companies in 2012."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 11, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 26, 2012 an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas:
"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 11, 2012
Stephen Laffey
Stephen Laffey
stated on March 2, 2012 a radio interview:
Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law
False
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 11, 2012
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on February 13, 2012 a TV interview:
Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office"
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • March 8, 2012
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on February 15, 2012 a speech:
"[E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 5, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on January 30, 2012 his State of the State address.:
"In 2011, there were more than 28,000 new Tennessee jobs created and over $4 billion in capital investment. Our Jobs4TN plan is working."
Half-True
By Richard Locker • March 4, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on March 16, 2012 a written statement.:
President Obama pushed through the stimulus "based on the promise of keeping unemployment under 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on February 17, 2012 a press statement.:
Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 25, 2012 an advertisement:
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington," every day, 13,000 more people "have been put on food stamps."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 29, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 a radio interview:
"The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce"  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 29, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 24, 2012 a Web ad:
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2012
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