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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."
True
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.
True
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."
True
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."
True
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."
True
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."
True
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."
True
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."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2011
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