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Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley"
"We've got more revenue than we ever have."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 1, 2011 an interview on WKXL-AM in Concord, N.H.
"If you threw a barbecue yesterday for the Memorial weekend, it was 29 percent more expensive than last year because Barack Obama's policies have led to groceries going up 29 percent."
False
By Jake Berry • June 27, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 22, 2011 an online chat with the "Washington Post"
"Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies we’ve implemented."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on May 24, 2011 a press release
"The state’s tax burden has, according to census figures released today, cost our state another 190,000 residents in 2009."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 27, 2011
Better Austin Today
Better Austin Today
stated on June 18, 2011 a campaign mailer.
"Under Randi Shade," Austin has "had the highest cost of living of any large Texas city."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 14, 2011 a cameo interview.
"Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 1, 2011 a House committee hearing
"Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
True
By Tom Feran • June 24, 2011
Kim Guadagno
Kim Guadagno
stated on May 11, 2011 a radio interview on WNYC
After not having any foreign trade offices overseas for the past decade, New Jersey opened offices in Shanghai and London in the past six months, and has seen an 18 percent increase in exports.
False
By Bill Wichert • June 23, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on June 19, 2011 a CNN interview
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.  
Half-True
June 22, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 3, 2011 a press release.
"President Obama and liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs."
False
By Jacob Geiger • June 20, 2011
Chris Widener
Chris Widener
stated on June 7, 2011 remarks to reporters
Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • June 20, 2011
Diane Allen
Diane Allen
stated on May 9, 2011 a press release
Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
False
By Bill Wichert • June 20, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech.
"The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • June 18, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on April 19, 2011 a press release
"Creating 25 jobs in Umatilla County has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 17, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 16, 2011 an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop
"This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 13, 2011 a debate in New Hampshire
"The CBO, the Congressional Budget Office has said that Obamacare will kill 800,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 14, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 12, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We have unemployment that rivals the Great Depression."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on June 9, 2011 a New York Times column
"The average unemployed American has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2011
Kim Guadagno
Kim Guadagno
stated on May 11, 2011 a radio interview on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Says Panasonic stayed in New Jersey because of the Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant (BRRAG) program.
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 10, 2011
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