Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Rob Portman
stated on April 9, 2013 remarks at Politico breakfastt

"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."

By Stephen Koff • April 15, 2013

Michele Walsh
stated on April 4, 2013 a radio discussion

"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."

By Tom Feran • April 12, 2013

John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 a television interview

"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."

By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013

Progress Ohio
stated on March 26, 2013 a fundraising email

"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."

By Tom Feran • April 2, 2013

John Kasich
stated on March 15, 2013 a tweet

"Under Gov. Kasich, Ohio wages have increased by $10.3 billion."

By Tom Feran • March 21, 2013

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."

By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013

Dave Joyce
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview

"There are 3 million jobs that go vacant each month in this country."

By Sabrina Eaton • February 19, 2013

Keith Faber
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference

"Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states."

By Tom Feran • February 14, 2013

Sherrod Brown
stated on February 4, 2013 a news release

"Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."

By Tom Feran • February 11, 2013

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.

By Stephen Koff • February 6, 2013

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."

By Tom Feran • January 23, 2013

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."

By Tom Feran • January 21, 2013

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."

By Tom Feran • January 18, 2013

Tom Niehaus
stated on January 3, 2013 an online video

"Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support."

By Joe Guillen • January 17, 2013

Jim Jordan
stated on January 6, 2013 an interview on Fox News Sunday

Seven of America’s 10 wealthiest counties are in the Washington, D.C., area.

By Sabrina Eaton • January 14, 2013

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."

By Tom Feran • January 2, 2013

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."

By Tom Feran • December 14, 2012

John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau

Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."

By Tom Feran • December 12, 2012

Mike DeWine
stated on November 14, 2012 a news conference

"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."

By Joe Guillen • December 7, 2012

Anne Goodman
stated on December 3, 2012 an interview with The Plain Dealer

Says food stamp growth, while high, lagged the rise in unemployment.

By Stephen Koff • December 6, 2012

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