Latest Fact Checks By Stephen Koff

Sen. Sherrod Brown disputes notion that unemployment benefits are similar to welfare

By Stephen Koff

December 7, 2010

"Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It’s not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when…

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Republicans get early jump on 2012 campaign season with attack on Sen. Sherrod Brown

By Stephen Koff

December 2, 2010

Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate."

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Sen. Sherrod Brown cites daily deficit figure as pricetag for NAFTA, China trade deals

By Stephen Koff

November 22, 2010

More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."

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Sen. George Voinovich suggests 25-cent increase in revenue-flat gasoline tax

By Stephen Koff

November 11, 2010

Says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993.

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Rep. John Boccieri portrays challenger Jim Renacci as a menacing trade lobbyist

By Stephen Koff

November 1, 2010

"Mr. Renacci was registered as a foreign trade lobbyist in the United States government."

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GOP challenger Jim Renacci joins the chorus on job losses but mangles the refrain

By Stephen Koff

October 26, 2010

Since Rep. John Boccieri’s election, "Ohio has lost 600,000 jobs" and his district’s "unemployment has doubled."

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Rob Portman uses old stats to rap Lee Fisher on job training

By Stephen Koff

October 18, 2010

"Under Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Ohio is 44th in the country in terms of getting money actually into worker retraining."

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Republican Rob Portman touts ability to work with Democrats

By Stephen Koff

October 16, 2010

Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton."

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Portman uses new and improved job-loss number to criticize stimulus

By Stephen Koff

October 11, 2010

Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."

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Space forgets to mention food stamp cuts in letter to anti-poverty advocate

By Stephen Koff

October 1, 2010

A bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.

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Portman raps Lee Fisher and administration, saying Ohio is losing jobs to other states

By Stephen Koff

September 27, 2010

On Lee Fisher’s watch, "almost nine out of 10" jobs that Ohio lost were lost to other states, "not to other countries."

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Rob Portman statement on unemployment illustrates how some Ohioans have hit hard times

By Stephen Koff

September 2, 2010

"More than half of our unemployed Ohioans have been out of work for six months or more."

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