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Latest Fact-Checks In Wisconsin

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Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on August 27, 2013 an interview
Says Gov. Scott Walker "hasn't done a public event this entire year."
Pants on Fire!
September 8, 2013
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 24, 2013 a column
Because of Gov. Scott Walker’s budgeting, a greater percentage of general fund tax dollars is "going to pay off debt than ever before in our history."
Half-True
September 2, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on August 22, 2013 an interview
"Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa already have 70 mph" speed limits on rural interstates, and "we see that they’ve been able to do it safely."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 1, 2013
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on August 14, 2013 a TV ad
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson voted to let oil and gas companies emit "unlimited carbon pollution into our air"
True
August 29, 2013
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on July 20, 2013 an interview
"I’ve got the spending down, I’ve got the debt down a little bit, I’ve got the reserves up."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2013
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on August 15, 2013 legislative testimony
Wisconsin’s criminal threshold for drunken-driving is "way out of line" with "states surrounding us," which "have the second offense as a felony."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 25, 2013
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on August 7, 2013 an interview
Under a new law regulating abortions, "Even if you're raped, if you don't report it in the first 30 days, the Republicans will force you to have an ultrasound."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 22, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a campaign press statement
Says that in his first two years, "Wisconsin has seen its best two-year job growth in a decade."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2013
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on August 2, 2013 a speech
"Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, U.S. health care spending grew at 3.9 percent for the last three years, the lowest growth rate in over 50 years."  
Half-True
August 18, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a speech
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "felt there wasn’t a need in the public sector to have collective bargaining because the government is the people."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 17, 2013 an interview
On average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree."  
Mostly True
August 11, 2013
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Federation for American Immigration Reform
stated on August 5, 2013 a news release
"Unemployment has been on the rise throughout Wisconsin" as Paul Ryan stepped up his advocacy of "immigration increases."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 9, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on July 24, 2013 a news release
A Republican housing finance reform bill "would eliminate a person’s ability to obtain 15- and 30-year mortgages."
Half-True
August 4, 2013
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 17, 2013 an interview
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "collecting financial information, monitoring financial information of millions of Americans" without their knowledge and "storing it for up to 10 years."  
Half-True
July 29, 2013
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on July 19, 2013 a news release
The Republican-authored state budget includes a provision "forcing people earning as little as $12,000 to buy private health insurance that could cost them as much as $4,000 per year."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 26, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 10, 2013 an interview
"We’re importing about 10 percent of our milk supply. We’re America’s Dairyland, but yet we don’t have enough milk in this state to meet the demand for our cheesemakers."
Mostly True
July 22, 2013
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on July 19, 2013 a letter
On residency requirements for public workers
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • July 21, 2013
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Rachel Campos-Duffy
stated on June 12, 2013 an interview
"Upwards of 90 percent" of women seeking an abortion decide not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound.
False
July 12, 2013
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on July 1, 2013 an op-ed article
"Currently, it takes up to 25 years to obtain U.S. citizenship legally" but the Senate bill "would allow immigrants who came to the United States illegally to obtain citizenship in just 13 years."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • July 7, 2013
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 22, 2013 a speech
"When I was growing up as a kid in the city of Milwaukee, if we averaged 4 homicides a year in the entire city that was a record number."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 3, 2013
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