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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Feran

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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"We jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • July 21, 2011
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on July 5, 2011 an online news story
On opposition to earmarks
No Flip
By Tom Feran • July 20, 2011
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt
stated on June 1, 2011 testimony before a House subcommittee
"Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • July 7, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on June 1, 2011 a House committee hearing
"Only seven of 18 federal food assistance programs have been associated with positive health and nutrition outcomes, while the remaining 11 have not been effective."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • June 30, 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
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 9, 2011 a news release
Says that Sherrod Brown "voted to cut Medicare by over $500 billion in order to fund government-run health care."
False
By Tom Feran • June 23, 2011
Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget
"Most of the state budget isn't for state government doing things. ... 85 percent of the state budget is transferred to local communities for delivery of service."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • June 22, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 19, 2011 a news release
"The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days ... Senate Democrats have neglected one of their most basic responsibilities."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • June 16, 2011
Steve Loomis
Steve Loomis
stated on May 9, 2011 a news conference
Says the state’s new collective bargaining law effectively eliminates police unions' ability to negotiate.
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • June 15, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 a fundraising letter
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • May 16, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce
"We're within 600 miles of 60 percent of America. We're in a perfect location."
True
By Tom Feran • May 13, 2011
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget
When "the governor announced his ‘jobs budget,’ 99 folks from the Department of Taxation were let go the next day."
True
By Tom Feran • May 11, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 19, 2011 a news conference
"State employees are actually going to get a pay raise."
False
By Tom Feran • May 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 13, 2011 a radio interview
The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."
True
By Tom Feran • April 29, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 14, 2011 a Senate committee hearing
"Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall."
True
By Tom Feran • April 25, 2011
Michael Turner
Michael Turner
stated on April 30, 2010 a letter from the Ohio congressional delegation to NASA
A space shuttle the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton would be "within a day's drive of 60 percent of the U.S. population."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • April 14, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 8, 2011 his State of the State speech
There was "some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown Cleveland."
False
By Tom Feran • April 12, 2011
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on March 23, 2011 a news conference
Says a photo ID voting law in Georgia didn't dissuade black voters from participating in voting. "It hasn't, it doesn't, and apparently, if you do cause and effect in that state, it's been helpful."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • April 4, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on February 17, 2011 a House committee hearing
Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse."
True
By Tom Feran • March 28, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on March 4, 2011 a newspaper interview
"If you look at the jobs lost in the private sector as opposed to the job gains in the public sector, it's out of whack. The government's growing and the private economy's shrinking."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • March 21, 2011
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