Latest Fact-Checks By Stephen Koff

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Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on September 10, 2018 in a campaign statement :
Says Democratic congressional candidate Tom Malinowski "supports a full repeal of the 2017 tax law, which includes vital tax incentives" for New Jersey communities.
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • September 21, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 12, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Minnesota U.S. House candidate Joe Radinovich has "spent his life running from the law, charged with 18 crimes."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 17, 2018
Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot
stated on September 6, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Aftab Pureval is "lying" about his office’s "$400,000 projected deficit."  
False
By Stephen Koff • September 13, 2018
Aftab Pureval
Aftab Pureval
stated on August 28, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Steve Chabot "voted to strip insurance protections for pre-existing conditions."  
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 12, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 17, 2018 in A campaign ad:
Says Joe Radinovich "was cited 30 times for not paying court fines."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 10, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 4, 2018 in A campaign ad:
"Your family" will pay $2,500 "after Kara Eastman eliminates your tax cut."
False
By Stephen Koff • September 7, 2018
Michael Turner
Michael Turner
stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release:
Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • September 24, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference call:
"I was filibustered."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • July 29, 2013
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on June 27, 2013 in a news release:
Most Americans want "traditional marriage," as defined by the Defense of Marriage Act.
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 10, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on June 12, 2013 in a conference call with reporters:
"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.
True
By Stephen Koff • June 18, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 23, 2013 in Conference call with reporters:
The Obama administration has put out "more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times."
True
By Stephen Koff • May 31, 2013
Ron Maag
Ron Maag
stated on April 12, 2013 in a statement during a state House Finance and Appropriations Committee hearing:
 "Forty-six cents of every dollar" Ohio could get for Medicaid expansion "is going to come from China or some other country that doesn’t like us very much."
False
By Stephen Koff • May 22, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 9, 2013 in remarks at Politico breakfastt:
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
True
By Stephen Koff • April 15, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2013 in blog posts:
Forty aides who serve President Barack Obama "owe $333,485 in back taxes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • April 3, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 21, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor:
"Our debt now is about $140,000 per household."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • March 27, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 20, 2013 in a television interview:
"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
True
By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 in a letter to Ohio lawmakers:
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 24, 2013 in a news release:
Says out-of-state abortion clinics "have marketed their services to minors" in states with parental consent laws.
True
By Stephen Koff • February 6, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 1, 2013 in a news release:
Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 31, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 1, 2013 in a news release:
The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • January 4, 2013
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