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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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