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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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