Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Mitt Romney
stated on August 14, 2012 in a campaign speech:

Claims Joe Biden said "coal is more dangerous than terrorists."

By Tom Feran • August 17, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a television ad:

Sherrod Brown "sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries."

By Tom Feran • August 13, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on June 28, 2012 in a news release:

The Affordable Care Act "will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history."

By Tom Feran • July 20, 2012

Bill Johnson
stated on June 5, 2012 in a telephone town hall meeting:

"The state of Ohio has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation right now and is leading the pack in terms of job creation."

By Tom Feran • July 16, 2012

Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 in a news release:

Cuts in local government and school funding in John Kasich’s budget caused "many communities to seek school levies, local tax increases, layoffs."

By Tom Feran • July 11, 2012

Bill Weimer
stated on June 26, 2012 in a newspaper column:

"Fireworks have never been safer, and their use continues to increase each year."

By Tom Feran • July 4, 2012

Jim Renacci
stated on June 12, 2012 in an online blog post:

Obama has "racked up more debt than any president in history — over $5 trillion."

By Tom Feran • June 27, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Sherrod Brown "gave huge bonuses to executives."

By Tom Feran • June 15, 2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on June 4, 2012 in a campaign video:

"Marcy Kaptur voted against a ban which would have prevented the aborting of a baby girl for the sole reason that she's a girl."

By Tom Feran • June 12, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says he "cut the budget."

By Tom Feran • June 6, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says he "earned the highest possible credit ratings as state treasurer."

By Tom Feran • May 31, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "cast the deciding vote on the government takeover of health care."

By Tom Feran • May 30, 2012

Jim Renacci
stated on May 11, 2012 in a campaign website posting:

Betty Sutton "gutted Medicare by $500 billion" with her vote for the president's health care bill.

By Tom Feran • May 21, 2012

Bob Latta
stated on May 5, 2012 in an email statement:

Says that President Obama promised that with the stimulus plan, "unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now."

By Tom Feran • May 17, 2012

Betty Sutton
stated on May 1, 2012 in a campaign email:

Jim Renacci "voted repeatedly to end Medicare."

By Tom Feran • May 11, 2012

Sherrod Brown
stated on April 15, 2012 in a news release:

Says the average Ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt.

By Tom Feran • May 7, 2012

John Boehner
stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post:

"Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."

By Tom Feran • May 1, 2012

John Boehner
stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address:

"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."

By Tom Feran • April 26, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on April 16, 2012 in a column in Politico:

The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."

By Tom Feran • April 23, 2012

Mike Dovilla
stated on March 13, 2012 in a letter to the editor:

Says President Obama's decision to not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline meant "we were denied the ability immediately to reduce prices at the pump."

By Tom Feran • April 17, 2012

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