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Jay Hottinger
Jay Hottinger
stated on January 11, 2011 a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives:
"Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death."
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By Tom Feran • January 21, 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 Kasich
John Kasich
stated on December 14, 2010 a news conference:
"Ohio has lost more population than every other state in the country except for two."
False
By Reginald Fields • January 5, 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
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 10, 2010 a news release:
"We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse."
False
By Tom Feran • December 6, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 10, 2010 a news conference:
"It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • November 18, 2010
Matt Patten
Matt Patten
stated on October 22, 2010 a campaign mailer:
"Unfortunately everyone needs to cut back in these tough economic times. That's why I voted to cut my own pay along with the pay of our state employees."
False
By Aaron Marshall • October 27, 2010
Ohio House Republican Organizational Committee
Ohio House Republican Organizational Committee
stated on October 13, 2010 an election ad:
"Matt Patten kicked off his dirty campaign with thousands in dirty cash from guess who? (Frank) Russo and (Jimmy) Dimora."
False
By Aaron Marshall • October 25, 2010
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 18, 2010 a campaign mailer:
Says Maryellen O’Shaughnessy "accepted campaign cash from indicted politician Jimmy Dimora."
False
By Mark Naymik • October 20, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 3, 2010 a campaign video:
"Ted Strickland destroyed Ohio jobs when he busted the budget."
False
By Tom Feran • October 19, 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
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 30, 2010 a television campaign ad:
"Boyce gave (a lobbyist’s) wife a sensitive job in the treasurer’s office, a job Boyce admitted he only made available at their mosque."
False
By Joe Guillen • October 14, 2010
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on September 27, 2010 a television campaign ad:
"O’Shaughnessy even voted for her own personal stimulus package -- a taxpayer-funded pay raise for herself."
False
By Joe Guillen • October 7, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2010 a campaign video:
"Kasich’s trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China."
False
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on September 17, 2010 a posting to the state's Office of Management and Budget website:
About $4.89 billion in one-time money was used to balance the current state general revenue fund budget.
False
By Aaron Marshall • September 17, 2010
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy
stated on August 16, 2010 a radio interview:
"It's factually correct to say" that Jennifer Brunner inherited at least 18 lawsuits when she came into the office that were a result of Ken Blackwell’s "mismanagement of the 2004 election."
False
By Joe Guillen • September 10, 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 Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 4, 2010 a campaign speech:
"We didn’t have a development director for over seven months."
False
By Reginald Fields • August 17, 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
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 13, 2010 a news release:
"The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • July 23, 2010
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