Latest Fact-Checks By Stephen Koff

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Anne Goodman
Anne Goodman
stated on December 3, 2012 in an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Says food stamp growth, while high, lagged the rise in unemployment.
True
By Stephen Koff • December 6, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 9, 2012 in a newspaper interview:
Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would  "take us into a recession and kill jobs."
True
By Stephen Koff • November 15, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a news release:
"6,400 Ohioans ... lost manufacturing jobs in the month of September."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in in a town-hall debate in Long Island, N.Y.:
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"
True
By Stephen Koff, Molly Moorhead • October 17, 2012
National Education Association
National Education Association
stated on September 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Says that Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 12, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 4, 2012 in a campaign email:
Says  Sherrod Brown’s campaign attacked Josh Mandel’s military service
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2012 in a news release:
Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • August 23, 2012
Workers' Voice
Workers' Voice
stated on August 8, 2012 in an online ad:
Says Josh Mandel bet against Ohio families
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • August 14, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 30, 2012 in a news release:
In 2010, Betty Sutton "voted to destroy Medicare."
False
By Stephen Koff • August 3, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 1, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on July 9, 2012 in a fundraising email:
Sherrod Brown’s approval rating "has plummeted to 38 percent among Ohio voters" in a poll by a Democratic pollster.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • July 13, 2012
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
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 14, 2012 in a conference call with reporters:
Says that under President Obama, there’s been a substantial increase in federal government jobs.  
False
By Stephen Koff • June 20, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 in a news release:
Rob Portman shares "radical, ideological views" toward women.
False
By Stephen Koff • June 14, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 in a news release:
Rob Portman won the fewest votes of all Ohio U. S. Senate victors since 2000.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • June 5, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 28, 2012 in a conference call with reporters:
Says the health care reform bill was paid for, in part, by taking money from students and the student loan system.
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • May 14, 2012
Michael Turner
Michael Turner
stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney:
Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • April 30, 2012
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on April 4, 2012 in a news release:
Sen. Sherrod Brown’s vote helped pass "Barack Obama’s job-killing health care law, which slapped small businesses throughout Ohio with a $500 billion tax increase."
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • April 12, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on March 29, 2012 in a news release:
Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are ‘burdensome’ and could harm economic growth in Ohio."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • April 5, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 26, 2012 in a radio interview:
"Last year, we produced 14 percent less oil on public lands than we did the year before."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • April 2, 2012
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