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Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 4, 2011 a news release
Ilana Shafran Mandel’s stake in Forest City Enterprises "constitutes significantly less than 1 percent" of the company’s shares and any implication of a conflict of interest "is legally incorrect."
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By Stephen Koff • November 10, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on November 4, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"The problem with invasive species today in the Great Lakes isn’t ballast water."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 1, 2011 a congressional hearing
"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
True
By Tom Feran • November 8, 2011
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 25, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Every day in the United States, we are losing 15 factories."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 7, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on October 24, 2011 an opinion column
"The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 1, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 12, 2011 an ad from the Republican Governors Association
"We’re. . . keeping and creating jobs in our state. From American Greetings, to Wendy’s, to Diebold, we’ve gone to their doorsteps to keep jobs right here in Ohio."
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By Reginald Fields • October 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 7, 2011 a television interview
"The Fed created $1.2 trillion out of nothing, gave it to banks, and some of them foreign banks, so that they could stabilize their operations."
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By Peter Krouse • September 28, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 19, 2011 a television interview
"We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 26, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on September 6, 2011 a campaign commercial
Toledo Mayor "Mike Bell (once) lost his job as a firefighter because his city ran out of money."
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By Tom Feran • September 23, 2011
Michael Skindell
Michael Skindell
stated on September 7, 2011 a news conference
Says that  in the recent year homeowners across Ohio have signed mineral rights agreements "and I understand that over a billion dollars worth of leases have been signed to date."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • September 20, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 28, 2011 a newspaper column
Says the federal government is "the largest energy user in the country."
True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 4, 2011 an appearance on MSNBC
"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."
True
By Tom Feran • August 29, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 2, 2011 a television interview
Says that Wall Street hedge fund managers "pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in Parma or a school teacher in Cleveland."
True
By Tom Feran • August 22, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 22, 2011 a speech at a GOP dinner
Says Republican Sen. John McCain won more votes for president in Cuyahoga County in the 2008 general election than he did in seven states.
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By Mark Naymik • August 5, 2011
Peggy Lehner
Peggy Lehner
stated on July 18, 2011 a radio interview
"There’s actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in Ohio."
True
By Joe Guillen • August 4, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 17, 2011 an appearance on "Meet the Press"
"Believe it or not, consumer spending is up over the last eight months."  
True
By Reginald Fields • August 1, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 25, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule."
True
By Stephen Koff • July 27, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on June 22, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"Voting in the wrong precinct led to over 14,000 registered voters statewide to lose their vote in 2008."
True
By Reginald Fields • July 4, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on June 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Creeping defense commitments in (the Middle East) and globally now consume over half the U.S. discretionary budget annually."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 1, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 1, 2011 a House committee hearing
"Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
True
By Tom Feran • June 24, 2011
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