Latest Fact-Checks By Sabrina Eaton

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Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on June 19, 2012 in an online ad:
Says Josh Mandel’s campaign is under FBI investigation
False
By Stephen Koff, Sabrina Eaton • June 26, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on June 14, 2012 in a town hall-style meeting:
"My opponent, in 2008, had contributions investigated by the federal government."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 22, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 1, 2012 in a news release:
"Congressman Renacci is under FBI investigation."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 21, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on May 31, 2012 in a news release:
"There is no record of congresswoman Betty Sutton ... ever holding a single in-person town hall meeting open to the general public."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 7, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 17, 2012 in an interview with C-SPAN:
"The region I represent, both currently and in the future, has more automotive plants than the entire state of California."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • May 29, 2012
Samuel Wurzelbacher
Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on May 3, 2012 in a news release:
Says Marcy Kaptur has attacked his military service and training in the Air Force, showing disrespect for veterans.
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • May 15, 2012
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on April 17, 2012 in a news conference:
Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking don’t exist
False
By Sabrina Eaton • May 4, 2012
Samuel Wurzelbacher
Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on April 24, 2012 in a letter published by the Christian Broadcasting Network:
Says President Barack Obama's parents were communists.
False
By Sabrina Eaton • April 27, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on April 5, 2012 in a campaign email:
"Since President Obama took office, our federal spending has increased by nearly 30 percent and our national debt has increased by almost 50 percent."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 13, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 29, 2012 in a House of Representatives floor speech:
Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 22, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on February 13, 2012 in a town hall-style meeting:
"The top 1 percent (of income earners) paid 36.7 percent (of the taxes).  ... The top 50 percent pay 97.7 percent."  
True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 6, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 3, 2012 in a news release:
Says unemployment would be at 10 percent if people who have quit looking for work were included in federal labor force calculations.
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • February 17, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 25, 2012 in a congressional hearing:
"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 31, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on December 15, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 12, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on December 9, 2011 in a telephone campaign:
Says Rep. Jim Renacci was "trying to leave town for the holidays without extending your payroll tax cut."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 5, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on December 13, 2011 in a news release:
Says Rep. Betty Sutton supports allowing "welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 2, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on November 16, 2011 in a television commercial:
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "voted to block American energy production and increase energy taxes."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • December 6, 2011
60 Plus Association
60 Plus Association
stated on November 7, 2011 in a television commercial:
An independent payment advisory board created by in the health care reform law is "like a Medicare IRS with the power to cut Medicare in order to pay for new government programs."
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • November 25, 2011
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on November 4, 2011 in 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
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on October 25, 2011 in 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
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