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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Feran

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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
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
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
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
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
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
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on January 7, 2013 a speech on the House floor
"I am now the No. 2 member of this House in terms of length of service."
True
By Tom Feran • January 18, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2013 a chain email message
Members of Congress "specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed, such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment" ... (and) from the healthcare reform."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • January 16, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2013 a chain email message
Members of Congress can "retire with the same pay after only one term" in office
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • January 11, 2013
Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz
stated on January 10, 2013 an interview with the Columbus Dispatch
Ohio's judges, "compared to other similar states, are being woefully underpaid."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 9, 2013
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 9, 2012 a news conference
"The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."
False
By Tom Feran • January 3, 2013
Terry Russell
Terry Russell
stated on December 6, 2012 in an interview
"Individuals with mental illnesses die an average of 25 years earlier than those without a mental illness."
True
By Tom Feran • January 2, 2013
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 27, 2012 a speech on the House floor
"Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
True
By Tom Feran • December 14, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau
Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."
True
By Tom Feran • December 12, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 16, 2012 an email to supporters
"Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
True
By Tom Feran • November 30, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 2, 2012 a news release
Says the tax code is effectively subsidizing "the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • November 26, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 20, 2012 a news release
Says Fran DeWine’s made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
True
By Tom Feran • November 21, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 11, 2012 an email
"Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts."
True
By Tom Feran • November 21, 2012
We the People petition
We the People petition
stated on November 19, 2012 a petition on the White House website
"In one county alone in Ohio, President Obama received 106,258 votes. But there were only 98,213 eligible voters."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • November 19, 2012
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