Latest Fact Checks By Stephen Koff

Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel says entitlement spending expected to consume all federal revenue by 2045

By Stephen Koff

February 21, 2013

Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."

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Sen. Rob Portman says abortion clinics market their services to minors in states with stricter laws

By Stephen Koff

February 6, 2013

Says out-of-state abortion clinics "have marketed their services to minors" in states with parental consent laws.

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Sen. Sherrod Brown says the deal to avert the ‘fiscal cliff’ reduces the deficit

By Stephen Koff

January 31, 2013

Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."

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Marcia Fudge claims the fiscal cliff deal included cuts in payments for illness that disproportionately impact minorities

By Stephen Koff

January 4, 2013

The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."

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Cleveland Foodbank exec Anne Goodman says food stamp growth lagged the rise in unemployment

By Stephen Koff

December 6, 2012

Says food stamp growth, while high, lagged the rise in unemployment.

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Rob Portman says CBO warns trip over fiscal cliff would lead to recession, kill jobs

By Stephen Koff

November 15, 2012

Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would  "take us into a recession and kill jobs."

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Mitt Romney camp says 6,400 Ohioans lost manufacturing jobs in September

By Stephen Koff

October 26, 2012

"6,400 Ohioans ... lost manufacturing jobs in the month of September."

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Obama says Romney once said a coal-burning plant ‘kills people’

By Stephen Koff , Molly Moorhead

October 17, 2012

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"

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NEA says Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism

By Stephen Koff

October 12, 2012

Says that Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism

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Josh Mandel claims Sherrod Brown’s campaign attacked his military service

By Stephen Koff

September 17, 2012

Says  Sherrod Brown’s campaign attacked Josh Mandel’s military service

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Barack Obama says Mitt Romney condemned coal-fired power plants as killers

By Stephen Koff

August 23, 2012

Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."

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Workers’ Voice ad says Josh Mandel bet against Ohio families

By Stephen Koff

August 14, 2012

Says Josh Mandel bet against Ohio families

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