Latest Fact Checks By Sabrina Eaton

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House Speaker John Boehner says Obama’s economists figure stimulus cost at $278,000 per job

July 15, 2011
"POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job."
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Rep. Marcy Kaptur says defense spending consumes more than half of the discretionary budget

July 1, 2011
"Creeping defense commitments in (the Middle East) and globally now consume over half the U.S. discretionary budget annually."
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DCCC says Rep. Jim Renacci plan would jeopardize nursing home care

June 28, 2011
"Rep. Jim Renacci’s plan to end Medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy."
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Rep. Tim Ryan says Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal will cost patients $6,000 more a year

June 13, 2011
The average person "will pay $6,000 more a year" under Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal.
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Rep. Marcy Kaptur says gasoline for troops in Afghanistan costs $400 a gallon

May 23, 2011
"A gallon (of gasoline) delivered to the front lines for our troops in Afghanistan cost more than $400."
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Rep. Jim Renacci says each child is born with a $45,000 share of the national debt

May 5, 2011
The federal debt is more than $14 trillion, "almost equal to the size of our entire economy," and "every child born today inherits a $45,000…
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Rep. Jean Schmidt says 32 of every 33 pregnant women who visit Planned Parenthood get abortions

April 21, 2011
"For every 33 pregnant women that walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic, 32 receive an abortion."
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Rep. Tim Ryan off target in claim about service personnel contemplating suicide

April 8, 2011
"A report in Navy Times said that 7.3 percent of Army, Navy and Marines have thought about attempting suicide."
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Rep. Tim Ryan cites rising numbers of service personnel committing suicide

April 8, 2011
"From '05 to '09, we've had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours."
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House Speaker John Boehner labels money in health care bill “slush funds”

March 31, 2011
Says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act adopted last year contains "a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically,…
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Rep. Marcia Fudge says some of the largest corporations pay no taxes

March 15, 2011
"There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes."
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DCCC says Rep. Jim Renacci budget vote would force Social Security worker furloughs, delay benefits

March 7, 2011
In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, "Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing…
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