Latest Fact-Checks By Sabrina Eaton

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Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 14, 2011 in an email to supporters:
"About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • October 21, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on September 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • October 4, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview:
"We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 26, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 7, 2011 in a news conference:
"In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those are our farmers and our service providers who are suffering."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 21, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 6, 2011 in a television interview:
Says that in 2009 ExxonMobil "paid no federal income taxes, received a $156 million rebate."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • September 1, 2011
Kevin Coughlin
Kevin Coughlin
stated on August 18, 2011 in a campaign speech:
Says there’s not "much evidence to suggest that people have (contributed to global warming) or can do very much to change anything."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • August 31, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on July 14, 2011 in a House of Representatives floor speech:
"We’re only spending 2 percent of our GDP on our infrastructure, while China and India are spending 10 percent of their GDP reinvesting back into their country."  
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • August 10, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 5, 2011 in a press release:
Says a new report proves the stimulus supported by N.J. Democrats cost $278,000 per job.
False
By Sabrina Eaton • July 19, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 5, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter:
"POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • July 15, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on June 24, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Creeping defense commitments in (the Middle East) and globally now consume over half the U.S. discretionary budget annually."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 1, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 8, 2011 in a news release:
"Rep. Jim Renacci’s plan to end Medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • June 28, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on May 24, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
The average person "will pay $6,000 more a year" under Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal.
True
By Sabrina Eaton • June 13, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 9, 2011 in an article in Politico:
"A gallon (of gasoline) delivered to the front lines for our troops in Afghanistan cost more than $400."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • May 23, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on March 29, 2011 in a video posted to YouTube:
The federal debt is more than $14 trillion, "almost equal to the size of our entire economy," and "every child born today inherits a $45,000 share of the national debt before they take their first breath."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • May 5, 2011
Jean Schmidt
Jean Schmidt
stated on April 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"For every 33 pregnant women that walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic, 32 receive an abortion."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • April 21, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing:
"A report in Navy Times said that 7.3 percent of Army, Navy and Marines have thought about attempting suicide."
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • April 8, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on March 16, 2011 in a House committee hearing:
"From '05 to '09, we've had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 8, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 14, 2011 in video:
Says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act adopted last year contains "a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically, with little or no oversight."  
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • March 31, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on March 1, 2011 in an interview on C-SPAN:
"There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 15, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on February 22, 2011 in a news release:
In slashing $1.7 billion from Social Security, "Rep. Jim Renacci may end up forcing the entire agency to ... shut down for a month, causing seniors to not get their benefits on time, halting claims processing, and forcing new retirees and disabled workers into a backlog."
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • March 7, 2011
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