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Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on September 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2010
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on July 28, 2010 in a U.S. House floor speech:
"Over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2010
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on July 28, 2010 in a statement:
Exporters are using a federal loophole to "deceptively sell products made from cat and dog fur" to U.S. consumers.
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 11, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 12, 2010 in a campaign statement:
Rob Portman’s "plan to tax, slash and privatize" Social Security "would devastate Ohioans."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 28, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'':
"We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 in a Web video:
"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 16, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 4, 2010 in a press release:
"Crist stays in $2,000 a night luxury hotel suites where he racks up $1,300 in mini-bar charges, and doesn't pay for a dime of it himself."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 12, 2010
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