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We Are Ohio
We Are Ohio
stated on September 13, 2011 a campaign commercial
Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • October 7, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release
Says U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown "promised that the first stimulus bill would fund the Brent Spence Bridge."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 30, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 25, 2011 a television interview
"We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 27, 2011
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on September 8, 2011 an opinion column
Says that even if you have no children, "under Obamacare, you would still have to carry insurance that covers pediatric, maternity and newborn care even though you do not need it."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • September 19, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 25, 2011 a television interview
"Since the beginning of the year we've created a net increase of 45,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Peter Krouse • September 12, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release
"President Obama and Democrats' spending addiction has driven our national debt to historic proportions, maxed out our national credit card and has now led to the Democrat Downgrade of our country's AAA credit rating."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 12, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 16, 2011 an interview on the Fox Business Channel
A year since the "Recovery Summer," there has been been "a fall, winter and spring of no recovery."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 5, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 8, 2011 a news release
"Rep. Jim Renacci’s plan to end Medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 28, 2011
Chris Widener
Chris Widener
stated on June 7, 2011 remarks to reporters
Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • June 20, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 13, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"The president came in and campaigned against me 12 times."
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • June 17, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 a news release
"Betty Sutton and her fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • May 31, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 3, 2011 a press availability following a policy luncheon
"The (health reform) legislation which Washington passed last year has made it more difficult to hire" because it’s increased costs for employers.
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • May 26, 2011
Jay Goyal
Jay Goyal
stated on May 5, 2011 a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives
Says there are more federal dollars in Gov. John Kasich's budget plan than in the previous state budget.
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • May 18, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 26, 2011 a radio interview
"Two million federal workers negotiate zippo, zero. There is no collective bargaining for federal employees."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • May 10, 2011
Cheryl Grossman
Cheryl Grossman
stated on April 12, 2011 a news conference
"As far as standing committees, we have 10 fewer standing committees. So we’ve saved the state about a quarter-of-a-million dollars through the reduction of the standing committees."
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • April 27, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on February 22, 2011 a news release
In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, "Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing seniors to not get their benefits on time, halting claims processing, and forcing new retirees and disabled workers into a backlog."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • March 7, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 21, 2011 a CNN interview
"President Obama came to Ohio 12 times to try to defeat me and guess what? He didn't win."
Mostly False
By Mark Naymik • February 25, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 14, 2011 a news conference
Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days.
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • February 7, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on January 10, 2011 a town hall forum
Says there are "a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place" as a result of health care reform.
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • February 2, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 6, 2011 a FoxNews interview
Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 24, 2011
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