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Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on April 5, 2012 a campaign email:
"Since President Obama took office, our federal spending has increased by nearly 30 percent and our national debt has increased by almost 50 percent."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 13, 2012
Sandra Williams
Sandra Williams
stated on March 21, 2012 a news conference:
"99.97 percent of the kids live in poverty that attend Cleveland public schools."
Half-True
By Reginald Fields • April 10, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 2, 2012 a session with reporters:
"The total (state) payroll has gone down. The total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. I like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • March 15, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 15, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says when she "helped get $15 billion more for veterans care, Kucinich voted No."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • March 1, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on January 26, 2012 a public forum:
"Every time we put a ballot issue on, it costs a million dollars."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • February 29, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 15, 2012 a campaign commercial:
"When Marcy Kaptur brought home $42 million for new manufacturing jobs, Dennis Kucinich voted 'no'."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • February 24, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 3, 2012 a news release:
Says unemployment would be at 10 percent if people who have quit looking for work were included in federal labor force calculations.
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • February 17, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 25, 2012 a congressional hearing:
"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 31, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 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
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on January 10, 2012 a news release:
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • January 24, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on December 15, 2011 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 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
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on October 4, 2011 a comment to a reporter:
"We are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the NCAA no matter how minor the violations."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 5, 2011 an email to supporters:
The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • October 27, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on October 26, 2011 a statement on his congressional website:
"For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 12, 2011 a news conference:
"We buy 35 percent of all Chinese exports."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 20, 2011
Alliance for America's Future
Alliance for America's Future
stated on October 11, 2011 a campaign mailing:
"We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 12, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 7, 2011 a news conference:
"In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those are our farmers and our service providers who are suffering."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 21, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 23, 2011 a news release:
Sherrod Brown "has stood side by side" with President Barack Obama, presiding "over the most rapid increase in the debt over the last 2.5 years" and hurtling toward " the worst jobs record in the modern era."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • September 8, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 19, 2011 a television interview:
"We rank below Ethiopia, I'm told, in terms of our exports per capita, well below any of the other developed countries we trade with, and well below China and (South) Korea."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • August 25, 2011
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