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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 20, 2013 a television interview
"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
True
By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013
Dan Ramos
Dan Ramos
stated on February 19, 2013 a news release
Under Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposal, "the top one percent in Ohio will pay $10,000 less in income tax each year, but Ohio’s working and middle class families will pay more."
Half-True
By Brandon Blackwell • March 7, 2013
Joseph Testa
Joseph Testa
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
"About two-thirds of all consumption is services. . . It was just the opposite" when the sales tax was enacted in the '30s.
Mostly True
By Robert Higgs • February 27, 2013
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on February 19, 2013 a Tweet
"Kewpie burgers are delicious. An Ohio institution. And they'll cost less thanks to John Kasich's tax cut."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 22, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 a letter to Ohio lawmakers
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
Dave Joyce
Dave Joyce
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview
"There are 3 million jobs that go vacant each month in this country."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • February 19, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
"Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states."
True
By Tom Feran • February 14, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on January 26, 2013 a speech to Ohio College Democrats.
Says he was the first local official to endorse Barack Obama
Mostly False
By Henry J. Gomez • February 13, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 4, 2013 a news release
 "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."
True
By Tom Feran • February 11, 2013
Joyce Beatty
Joyce Beatty
stated on January 14, 2013 a floor speech in the House of Representatives
Says each year approximately 30,000 people in the United States die as a result of gunfire, and about 80,000 people are wounded.  
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • February 8, 2013
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on January 23, 2013 a press statement
Says Gov. John Kasich can remove the president of the State Board of Education.
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 7, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 24, 2013 a news release
Says out-of-state abortion clinics "have marketed their services to minors" in states with parental consent laws.
True
By Stephen Koff • February 6, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on January 7, 2013 a newspaper interview
"Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • February 4, 2013
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on December 19, 2012 a floor speech in the House of Representatives
"States have cumulatively cut over $1.8 billion from their mental health services between 2009 and 2011. This is the largest reduction in state mental health services in half a century."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • February 1, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release
Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 31, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 17, 2013 a panel discussion on poverty
"When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 30, 2013
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on January 8, 2013 a news release
Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • January 24, 2013
Mike Polensek
Mike Polensek
stated on January 15, 2013 a television interview
"It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity."
True
By Tom Feran • January 23, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on January 7, 2013 a speech in the Ohio Senate
Abraham Lincoln "visited and some say even danced in (the Ohio Senate) chamber."
True
By Tom Feran • January 21, 2013
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