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Robert Jacquard
Robert Jacquard
stated on March 6, 2012 a speech:
"There are a lot of casinos across the country that have gone bankrupt."
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By Alex Kuffner • March 15, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on March 13, 2012 a news release:
There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • March 14, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on February 17, 2012 a press statement.:
Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 a speech at the CPAC conference:
Florida "unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 a speech in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 4, 2012:
"If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 10, 2012 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Says Ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.
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By Reginald Fields • January 27, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 a news release:
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
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By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 a news release.:
Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on December 9, 2011 a speech in New Hampshire:
Says America spends "over 17 percent of its GDP on health care costs when our closest competitor nations are spending about 12."
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By Erin O'Neill • December 25, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 15, 2011 a web ad posted on YouTube:
Says Joe Biden said Jon Corzine is "the smartest guy that I know, in terms of the economy and on finance, I really mean this."
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By Erin O'Neill • December 22, 2011
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on December 1, 2011 an opinion column.:
Says Barack Obama promised to halve the deficit in his first term.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 2, 2011
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on November 2, 2011 a statement in the Congressional Record:
"Currently it costs more than a penny for the U.S. Mint to make a one cent coin and more than a nickel to make the five cent piece."
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By Erin O'Neill • November 24, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 25, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 7, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on October 24, 2011 an opinion column:
"The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values."
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By Henry J. Gomez • November 1, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 7, 2011 appearance on Bill Maher show on Oct. 7, 2011:
Says 24 million people in this country "can't find a full-time job," 50 million "can't see a doctor when they're sick," 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home.
True
By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2011 a speech. :
Says his proposed payroll tax cut "will mean an extra $1,500 in your pocket compared to if we do nothing."
True
By Warren Fiske • October 21, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 12, 2011 an ad from the Republican Governors Association:
"We’re. . . keeping and creating jobs in our state. From American Greetings, to Wendy’s, to Diebold, we’ve gone to their doorsteps to keep jobs right here in Ohio."
True
By Reginald Fields • October 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 7, 2011 a television interview:
"The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations."
True
By Peter Krouse • September 28, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 19, 2011 a television interview:
"We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."
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By Sabrina Eaton • September 26, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 7, 2011 a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library:
"The day President Obama took office, gasoline was $1.79 a gallon."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2011
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