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Latest Fact-Checks By Stephen Koff

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National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 an e-mail.
"Gerry Connolly and his fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger, Stephen Koff • June 2, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 an e-mail news release
Says that PolitiFact Ohio confirms that Betty Sutton "maxed out federal debt"
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • June 1, 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
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 26, 2011 an online column
Drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf and in parts of Alaska will  "immediately reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil."
False
By Stephen Koff • May 4, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on April 6, 2011 a radio interview
General Electric "hasn't really created any jobs in this country, doesn't  pay any taxes, and they're making historic profits."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • April 20, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on March 22, 2011 an interview on the Fox Business Channel
The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs."
True
By Stephen Koff • April 5, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 7, 2011
The "House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio."
True
By Stephen Koff • March 30, 2011
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Association
stated on March 1, 2011 testimony to a House subcommittee
Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • March 14, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 17, 2011 a news release
Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • February 22, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 20, 2011 a speech to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce
Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations."
True
By Stephen Koff • February 1, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
True
By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 11, 2011 an MSNBC interview
Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • January 20, 2011
Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans
Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans
stated on January 10, 2011 a news release
Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law.
False
By Stephen Koff • January 17, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 5, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
True
By Stephen Koff • January 10, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 9, 2010 a CNN interview
The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires."
False
By Stephen Koff • December 15, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 30, 2010 an MSNBC interview
"Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It’s not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when you’re working. You get help when you’re not."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 30, 2010 a news release
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • December 2, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 11, 2010 a news release
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • November 22, 2010
George Voinovich
George Voinovich
stated on November 8, 2010 a news release
Says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993.
True
By Stephen Koff • November 11, 2010
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