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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
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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2012 a radio interview
Wisconsin is called the Badger State because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the American dream by mining."
True
March 5, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 29, 2012 a speech
Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.
True
By Eric Stirgus • 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
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 a speech at the CPAC conference
Florida "unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 a speech in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 4, 2012
"If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union speech
"Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity."
True
By James B. Nelson • February 1, 2012
James Stegmaier
James Stegmaier
stated on December 14, 2011 a speech.
"Chesterfield has eliminated more positions from its general government operations than the Commonwealth has from the entire state government since (fiscal) 2009." 
True
By Sean Gorman • January 29, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 10, 2012 an interview with The Plain Dealer
Says Ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.
True
By Reginald Fields • January 27, 2012
Buddy Carter
Buddy Carter
stated on December 13, 2011 a column
Georgia’s unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate for 50 consecutive months.
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 4, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 a news release.
Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
"And, as of today, New Jersey state government has less employees than when Christie Whitman left office in 2001."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 29, 2011
Jay Webber
Jay Webber
stated on November 28, 2011 an NJToday interview
Says "our unemployment insurance trust fund is broke. We're over a billion dollars in debt to the federal government."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 11, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 a speech
Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican debate in Washington
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
True
By Bill Adair • November 23, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on November 4, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 25, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 7, 2011
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 4, 2011 remarks
Under a law proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, businesses that move into Wisconsin "don't have to pay any taxes" on their income for two years.
True
November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2011 a speech.
Says his proposed payroll tax cut "will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing."
True
By Warren Fiske • October 21, 2011
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