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Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says he "earned the highest possible credit ratings as state treasurer."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • May 31, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "cast the deciding vote on the government takeover of health care."
False
By Tom Feran • May 30, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 17, 2012 in an interview with C-SPAN:
"The region I represent, both currently and in the future, has more automotive plants than the entire state of California."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • May 29, 2012
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on April 18, 2012 in a committee hearing in the House of Representatives:
"Water transportation is the most fuel efficient, least polluting, safest, and least expensive means of moving cargo."
True
By Peter Krouse • May 28, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on May 11, 2012 in a campaign website posting:
Betty Sutton "gutted Medicare by $500 billion" with her vote for the president's health care bill.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 21, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 14, 2012 in an email campaign statement:
Says Josh Mandel opposed federal loans to the auto industry.
False
By Henry J. Gomez • May 18, 2012
Bob Latta
Bob Latta
stated on May 5, 2012 in an email statement:
Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 17, 2012
Samuel Wurzelbacher
Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on May 3, 2012 in a news release:
Says Marcy Kaptur has attacked his military service and training in the Air Force, showing disrespect for veterans.
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • May 15, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 28, 2012 in a conference call with reporters:
Says the health care reform bill was paid for, in part, by taking money from students and the student loan system.
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • May 14, 2012
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on May 1, 2012 in a campaign email:
Jim Renacci "voted repeatedly to end Medicare."
False
By Tom Feran • May 11, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 2, 2012 in an email statement:
Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • May 9, 2012
Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 25, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House:
Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • May 8, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 15, 2012 in a news release:
Says the average Ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt.
Half-True
By Tom Feran • May 7, 2012
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on April 17, 2012 in a news conference:
Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking don’t exist
False
By Sabrina Eaton • May 4, 2012
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on April 4, 2012 in a resignation letter:
Since 2009, the Ohio Republican Party has made more contacts with voters — nearly 6.6 million — than any other GOP state organization in the nation.
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • May 3, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • May 2, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post:
"Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 1, 2012
Michael Turner
Michael Turner
stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney:
Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • April 30, 2012
Samuel Wurzelbacher
Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on April 24, 2012 in a letter published by the Christian Broadcasting Network:
Says President Barack Obama's parents were communists.
False
By Sabrina Eaton • April 27, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address:
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
True
By Tom Feran • April 26, 2012
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