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Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Mostly False

In some cases and places, not always

"Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad."

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Mostly False

There is a program, but no one likes it

The United States does "not have a system through which growers and dairies can bring a workforce legally into the U.S."

Brian Patrick Kennedy

Brian Patrick Kennedy

Mostly False

Employers CAN watch you work

Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board

True

Texas law unique

Says Texas is last in workers' compensation coverage.

Keith Faber

Keith Faber

True

We're Number 9

"Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Mostly True

Romney, Obama on same side

Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.

Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

True

Double trouble: Low pay and don't get sick

 "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."

Jim Moran

Jim Moran

True

Lean times

Says budget savings by reducing pay and benefits for federal employees total $103 billion over 10 years -- more than $50,000 per worker.

Mike Tate

Mike Tate

False

Uh, it's still there

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

Robert Singer

Robert Singer

Mostly False

Try less than half

"More than 50 percent of those people getting minimum wage in this state are high school students."

Marina Dimitrijevic

Marina Dimitrijevic

Half-True

Some will to some extent

Milwaukee County government employees pay "much more" for their health care than City of Milwaukee or State of Wisconsin employees.

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

Mostly True

A huge company with lots of employees

Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.

Pam Bondi

Pam Bondi

False

Penalties don't start until 2014

"National studies are already showing the negative effects that the health care law is having on businesses and our economy. Businesses across the country are raising their prices … (or) cutting jobs as a result of the added cost."

Mike White

Mike White

False

Experts say maybe around 50 percent

Says that with President Obama's re-election, state and federal income tax rates for some taxpayers will rise "to roughly 65 percent."

Majority PAC

Majority PAC

Half-True

Partly accurate on both counts

"Tommy Thompson made millions from corporations who outsource American jobs and now he's trying to lavish huge tax breaks on them."  

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Pants on Fire!

This claim throws reality in reverse

Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.

Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.

Coalition to Bring Jobs to R.I.

Mostly False

Some jobs at risk, but not 900

"By voting to approve [Question 1], we can . . . save 900 jobs" at Twin River.

National Women's Law Center

National Women's Law Center

True

Equal pay for equal work?

"In every state, women are paid less than men."

Jennifer Granholm

Jennifer Granholm

Half-True

Figures were projections; some efforts launched by Bush

"With the auto rescue," President Barack Obama "saved more than 1 million middle-class jobs all across America," including more than 28,000 in Wisconsin.

Choose: New Jersey

Choose: New Jersey

True

New Jersey leads the world

"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."

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