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Latest Fact-Checks By Stephen Koff

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John Boccieri
John Boccieri
stated on October 18, 2010 a debate
"Mr. Renacci was registered as a foreign trade lobbyist in the United States government."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • November 1, 2010
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on October 18, 2010 a debate
Since Rep. John Boccieri’s election, "Ohio has lost 600,000 jobs" and his district’s "unemployment has doubled."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 4, 2010 a debate
"Under Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Ohio is 44th in the country in terms of getting money actually into worker retraining."
False
By Stephen Koff • October 18, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 8, 2010 a debate
Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 16, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 6, 2010 a television campaign ad
Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."
True
By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2010
Zack Space
Zack Space
stated on September 2, 2010 a letter
A bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • October 1, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 14, 2010 an appearance at The Plain Dealer
On Lee Fisher’s watch, "almost nine out of 10" jobs that Ohio lost were lost to other states, "not to other countries."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 27, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 18, 2010 a radio interview
"More than half of our unemployed Ohioans have been out of work for six months or more."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 2, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
Under the new health care law, "if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds."
True
By Stephen Koff • August 31, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 31, 2010 a campaign speech
Rob Portman is "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China."
False
By Stephen Koff • August 25, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
"Since February 2009, the private sector has lost millions of jobs while the federal government has grown by hundreds of thousands of workers."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 24, 2010
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on July 6, 2010 a speech
"Since the president became the president, we have lost 3.3 million jobs in the private sector. But you know who's done OK and who's not complaining today? The public sector. We've gained 590,000 public sector jobs."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2010
George Voinovich
George Voinovich
stated on July 14, 2010 a speech in the U.S. Senate
"Last year, we borrowed $1.4 trillion -- or 41 cents of every dollar we spent. Over half of this debt is held by foreign investors."
True
By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on June 16, 2010 a news release
Rob Portman has taken more than $125,000 from "Big Oil."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • August 6, 2010
Bill O'Neill
Bill O'Neill
stated on July 30, 2010 in a letter
"In recent years, Rep. LaTourette has sponsored legislation that would increase spending by 551.6 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • August 5, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 6, 2010 a television campaign ad
A bill to cap carbon emissions "could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 13, 2010 a news release
"As President George W. Bush’s trade representative, Portman failed to address China’s currency manipulation, which was inflated to as much as 40 percent in 2006."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 12, 2010 a campaign statement
Rob Portman’s "plan to tax, slash and privatize" Social Security "would devastate Ohioans."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 28, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 28, 2010 a campaign statement
Says that Lee Fisher once said, "I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like."
False
By Stephen Koff • July 25, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on July 14, 2010 an interview with Rachel Maddow
Twenty-two million jobs were created during Clinton’s two terms but only 3 million during Bush’s.
True
By Stephen Koff • July 25, 2010
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