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Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on January 19, 2011 in a bill introduced on the House floor.:
The health care law is "job killing."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • January 20, 2011
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on January 17, 2011 in comments at the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.:
"92 percent" of President Barack Obama's administration has "never worked outside government."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 20, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on December 14, 2010 in a news conference:
"Ohio has lost more population than every other state in the country except for two."
False
By Reginald Fields • January 5, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 9, 2010 in a CNN interview:
The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires."
False
By Stephen Koff • December 15, 2010
Atlanta Sports Council
Atlanta Sports Council
stated on October 1, 2000 in a study:
The economic impact of Atlanta's 2000 Super Bowl was $292 million.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • November 19, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 10, 2010 in a news conference:
"It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • November 18, 2010
Marvin Pratt
Marvin Pratt
stated on November 2, 2010 in a TV interview:
Milwaukee’s problems include "52 percent black male unemployment."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2010
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour:
"The average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. The average private employee makes $60,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2010
Tom Perriello
Tom Perriello
stated on August 18, 2010 in a TV ad:
Says Robert Hurt "supports the tax loopholes that send American jobs overseas."
False
By Michael Martz • October 25, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 4, 2010 in a debate:
"Under Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Ohio is 44th in the country in terms of getting money actually into worker retraining."
False
By Stephen Koff • October 18, 2010
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on October 10, 2010 in a radio show:
Says more Republicans than Democrats voted for the Wall Street bailouts.
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 18, 2010
Tammy Hall
Tammy Hall
stated on September 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
Jobs incentive program "created over 1,200 high-wage jobs since 2009."
False
By Timothy Engstrom • October 3, 2010
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on September 17, 2010 in a press release.:
"Over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 27, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 in a town hall meeting:
The Bush administration had been "giving (auto companies) billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 22, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2010 in a campaign video:
"Kasich’s trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China."
False
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 6, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign speech:
Rob Portman is "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China."
False
By Stephen Koff • August 25, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 4, 2010 in a campaign speech:
"We didn’t have a development director for over seven months."
False
By Reginald Fields • August 17, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on July 27, 2010 in in a comment on the John DePetro Show:
"I remember one of [Curt Schilling's] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock."
False
By Cynthia Needham • July 27, 2010
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