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Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on June 13, 2012 a statement made after he filed for re-election at the N.H. Secretary of State’s office.
"Now, in the House of Representatives, we have 40 different jobs bills that have passed and almost all of them have been bipartisan."  
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 22, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign ad
"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on June 7, 2012
Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax.
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 17, 2012
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on June 14, 2012 a letter to The Telegraph
"The latest evidence of Republican success is that since the beginning of the current legislative term, state unemployment has gone down almost 20% to 5% adjusted."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 15, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 6, 2012 a radio appearance
"Overwhelming Democrat and Republican votes" in 2011 for legislation in two special sessions on jobs demonstrated the bipartisan nature of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 13, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2012 a television ad
Since Scott Walker took office as governor in January 2011, there has been an increase of 33,200 jobs in Wisconsin.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • May 24, 2012
Bob Latta
Bob Latta
stated on May 5, 2012 an email statement
Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 17, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview on The Dom Giordano Show
Says in March New Jersey was "one of only eight states in the nation to lose jobs" and "the state with the highest loss of jobs in the nation."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • May 13, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on March 28, 2012 a radio interview
Says she made a "cold call" and persuaded an Illinois company to relocate to Wisconsin. 
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • April 25, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 20, 2012 a graphic released by his campaign
"The total unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino workers has increased from 10% to 10.3%" between January 2009 and March 2012.  
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2012
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign mailer.
"The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded ObamaCare will cost the U.S. more than 800,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 Mitt Romney's website
"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on March 29, 2012 a news release
Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are ‘burdensome’ and could harm economic growth in Ohio."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • April 5, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 a news release
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
March 12, 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
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
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on February 14, 2012 an op-ed piece
"The national unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for a record 36 months."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • 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
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a video ad
Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • February 15, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 25, 2012 a column
Says "as of November, we were ranked 45th in the nation in terms of job creation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • February 10, 2012
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