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Gary Sasse

Gary Sasse

True

CVS got 59 percent of the total

Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."

Sarah Eckhardt

Sarah Eckhardt

Mostly True

UPDATED: Poverty up since 2000, but local rate sometimes goes down

Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.

Bob Stacey

Bob Stacey

False

Interstate agreement calls for costs to be split 50-50

Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

True

It shrank slightly, but it did shrink

"Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

True

Yes, but new jobs just a fraction of those lost

"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."

Keith Faber

Keith Faber

Half-True

A little word that means a lot

"Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers."

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Rodney Frelinghuysen

Mostly True

Sandy hit Buffalo?

Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."

Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity

False

A valid concern, incorrectly described

Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."

Terry McAuliffe

Terry McAuliffe

False

Company didn't address state concerns

Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.

Ted Strickland

Ted Strickland

Mostly True

Experts split on which month marks the start

Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010."

Scott Walker

Scott Walker

Mostly True

The governor is among them

"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."  

Scott Walker

Scott Walker

Half-True

A story half told

"Thanks to Washington, nearly everyone will pay more in taxes in 2013. Somehow people think it's just the wealthy. It's not."

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

True

Jobs growing in Garden State

"In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010."

Scott Walker

Scott Walker

Half-True

Projected, not created

Kohl’s Department Stores in 2012 "announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs."

Dawson Hodgson

Dawson Hodgson

False

Clearly not nearly

"The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island."

James Bennett

James Bennett

Pants on Fire!

But key number is dropping like a rock

"Our numbers are going up at the airport."

Zell Miller

Zell Miller

False

Rewrite!

"[T]he Georgia Dome has returned $10 billion in economic impact to the state of Georgia."

Larry Kilgore

Larry Kilgore

False

Kangaroo outweighs armadillo

Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.

Texas secession petition

Texas secession petition

True

Presuming California doesn't peel off

Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.

Mike Tate

Mike Tate

False

Uh, it's still there

"Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website."

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