Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Feran

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Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 31, 2012 in a radio ad:
Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."
False
By Tom Feran • November 1, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Sherrod Brown "voted six times to raise his own pay."
False
By Tom Feran • October 29, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 24, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Jim Renacci "opposed increasing combat bonuses for our troops."
False
By Tom Feran • October 24, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 19, 2012 in an election flier :
"President Barack Obama (is) the first president in history to cut Medicare by $700 billion."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 19, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on October 9, 2012 in a television ad:
"Sherrod Brown supported President Obama's $453 billion tax increase."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 18, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Sherrod Brown "failed to pay his own taxes three separate times."
True
By Tom Feran • October 17, 2012
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 15, 2012 in an election flier :
"President Obama has worked to change Medicare for the worse" by "creating an unelected, unaccountable panel with the power to deny coverage of certain treatments."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 15, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 29, 2012 in a television interview:
"We're up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quarters. We're actually, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, down 500 ... auto jobs in Ohio."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 8, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"While Mandel's been busy traveling the country raising campaign money, he hasn't shown up for work."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 4, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 8, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Josh Mandel "is lying about his own record. The rating of Ohio's investment fund has NOT improved."
False
By Tom Feran • September 26, 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition
stated on September 24, 2012 in an election flier :
Barack Obama "refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • September 24, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 in a news release:
The national debt of $16 trillion, is "enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 19, 2012 in an election flier :
"Since President Obama took office, over 88,000 Ohio workers have lost their jobs."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 20, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 4, 2012 in a news release:
"The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt."
False
By Tom Feran • September 19, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 in a news release:
"$16 trillion (the national debt) in $1 bills would cover the entire state of Ohio nearly 1.5 times."
True
By Tom Feran • September 12, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 27, 2012 in a television interview:
"We've got 7.2 percent unemployment (in Ohio), but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, it's actually over 10 percent."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2012
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Says Mitt Romney’s tax plans would "give an additional $250,000 tax cut to millionaires and billionaires" while raising taxes on the middle class.
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 5, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on August 15, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Sherrod Brown voted "for the $1.17 trillion health care law that adds a new tax on Ohio manufacturers."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • August 30, 2012
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on August 15, 2012 in a campaign email:
Says Betty Sutton and House Democrats "gutted" Medicare by $741 billion to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 24, 2012
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign email:
Says House Republicans spent $50 million on 33 votes to repeal Obamacare.
False
By Tom Feran • August 21, 2012
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