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Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:

"Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 18, 2015 a roundtable event on women's economic security:

"Women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs."

Mostly True

By Kaitlin DeWulf • November 13, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."

False

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Constitutional Rights PAC
stated on October 14, 2015 a news release:

Paul Ryan "is one of only six House Republicans who voted for Teddy Kennedy's bill to force Christian employers to hire LGBT employees."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2015

Ron Johnson
stated on October 7, 2015 an interview:

Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 14, 2015 the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"Every other major country" has family paid leave.

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 25, 2015 comments to reporters:

A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2015

Jon Erpenbach
stated on September 25, 2015 an interview:

Says Scott Walker "said he wouldn't touch" the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 2015

Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:

Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."

True

By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview:

Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2015

Ultraviolet
stated on June 30, 2015 a Facebook meme:

Says Chris Christie "vetoed equal pay for women 3 times. He only let the bill pass once it became a damaging campaign issue."

Mostly False

By Keely Herring • July 13, 2015

Tom Toles
stated on June 18, 2015 an editorial cartoon:

A "working woman" will earn $7.70 on $10.

Mostly True

By April Hunt • July 10, 2015

Mark Warner
stated on June 4, 2015 an interview.:

Millennials "will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • June 15, 2015

Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:

"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015

Glenn Beck
stated on May 13, 2015 a segment on his radio show:

Says Hillary Clinton "makes more per hour at a speaking gig than the average CEO does in a year."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2015

Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 10, 2015 an interview on CNN:

"We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states."

Mostly False

By Mark Reynolds • May 10, 2015

Jason Rae
stated on April 21, 2015 an interview:

Wisconsin's non-discrimination law "doesn't protect members of the trans-gender community."

True

By Tom Kertscher • May 8, 2015

Viral BuzzFeed
stated on April 20, 2015 video:

Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.

Mostly False

By Jim Tharpe, Nancy Badertscher • April 22, 2015

Mark Herring
stated on April 14, 2015 a Facebook post.:

"By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap."

Mostly True

By Warren Fiske • April 20, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation.":

"Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."

Mostly True

By Katharina Fiedler • April 13, 2015

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