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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 26, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on January 22, 2012 in an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Sherrod Brown "has voted with Barack Obama 95 percent of the time."
True
By Stephen Koff • January 25, 2012
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on January 10, 2012 in a news release:
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • January 24, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 18, 2012 in a news release:
"More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 can’t find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 23, 2012
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on January 12, 2012 in a town hall-style meeting:
"One generation ago we led the world in college graduation. We're 16th today."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 20, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 in a news release:
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
True
By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 5, 2012 in a news release:
Freshman Rep. Bob Gibbs "is spending his one year anniversary on vacation — only working 6 days in all of January."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • January 16, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on December 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 4, 2012 in a news release:
Barack Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray "is precisely what then-Sen. Obama claimed would be ‘the wrong thing to do.’"
Half-True
By Henry J. Gomez • January 11, 2012
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on December 30, 2011 in a news release:
Says that after she declared her candidacy for Congress, "the redistricting process was manipulated to allow incumbent politicians to guarantee their re-election."
Mostly False
By Henry J. Gomez • January 10, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 17, 2011 in a news release:
Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 9, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 19, 2012 in a news conference:
"We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Marshall • January 6, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on December 9, 2011 in a telephone campaign:
Says Rep. Jim Renacci was "trying to leave town for the holidays without extending your payroll tax cut."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 5, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 30, 2011 in a congressional hearing:
"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 4, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 1, 2011 in a news conference:
"The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • January 3, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 13, 2011 in a news release:
Says Rep. Betty Sutton supports allowing "welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 2, 2012
Marisha Agana
Marisha Agana
stated on October 30, 2011 in a news release announcing her candidacy:
"The American Conservative Union gives [Rep. Tim] Ryan a dismal 0.0 percent rating for the billions he has contributed to our national debt."
Mostly False
By Henry J. Gomez • December 15, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 in a radio show:
Sherrod Brown "has been running for public office since Richard Nixon was president."
True
By Peter Krouse • December 14, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 7, 2011 in a Senate banking subcommittee hearing:
Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the first time in Senate history "that a political party has blocked a nomination of someone because they didn't like the construction of the agency."
True
By Stephen Koff • December 12, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference:
"We've got a personal tax system that's so complicated it costs Americans about $500 billion a year to comply with the current tax code."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • December 12, 2011
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