Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Gwen Moore
stated on November 11, 2014 a radio interview

"We've had the lowest health care inflation in history because of Obamacare."

December 5, 2014

Peter Morici
stated on December 7, 2014 an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal"

Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."

By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014

Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 a speech

"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.

November 7, 2014

Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"

"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."

By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in television commercial

"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on October 10, 2014 a debate

Under Scott Walker’s policies, "the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate at Broward College

"3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor."

By Amy Sherman, Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2014

Joni Ernst
stated on October 11, 2014 a debate

"Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2014

Thom Tillis
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate

By voting for Obamacare, Sen. Kay Hagan "voted to kill the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview

Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."

September 19, 2014

Herman Cain
stated on August 11, 2014 comments on Fox News Business

"Over the last 40 years, real wage growth has been flatlined because of the policies of the Federal Reserve ... It was all driven by the Federal Reserve."

By Linda Qiu • August 26, 2014

Jack Kingston
stated on July 1, 2014 an ad

"Perdue mismanaged Pillowtex, and nearly 8,000 people got laid off."

By April Hunt • July 16, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad

"Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off."

By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2014

Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 Senate floor speeches and during a news conference

The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014

Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate

"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 30, 2014 a statement

Under Gov. Scott Walker, "employer confidence now stands at 95 percent," compared to "only 10 percent" at the end of the "Gov. Jim Doyle-Mary Burke administration."

June 15, 2014

Dawson Hodgson
stated on May 27, 2014 a radio commercial

Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 30, 2014

Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 a fundraising letter

I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on May 6, 2014 a report

The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2014

Robert Malin
stated on April 20, 2014 a TV interview

"Fifty percent of Americans will go hungry at some time in their lives."

By Karen Lee Ziner • May 18, 2014

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