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National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 in an e-mail.:
"Gerry Connolly and his fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger, Stephen Koff • June 2, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 in an e-mail news release:
Says that PolitiFact Ohio confirms that Betty Sutton "maxed out federal debt"
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • June 1, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 in a news release:
"Betty Sutton and her fellow Democrats went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • May 31, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 3, 2011 in a press availability following a policy luncheon:
"The (health reform) legislation which Washington passed last year has made it more difficult to hire" because it’s increased costs for employers.
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • May 26, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 26, 2011 in an online column:
Drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf and in parts of Alaska will  "immediately reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil."
False
By Stephen Koff • May 4, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on April 6, 2011 in a radio interview:
General Electric "hasn't really created any jobs in this country, doesn't  pay any taxes, and they're making historic profits."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • April 20, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on March 22, 2011 in an interview on the Fox Business Channel:
The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs."
True
By Stephen Koff • April 5, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 7, 2011 in :
The "House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio."
True
By Stephen Koff • March 30, 2011
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Association
stated on March 1, 2011 in testimony to a House subcommittee:
Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • March 14, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 17, 2011 in a news release:
Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • February 22, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce:
Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations."
True
By Stephen Koff • February 1, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 in a response to the State of the Union address:
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
True
By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview:
Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • January 20, 2011
Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans
Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans
stated on January 10, 2011 in a news release:
Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law.
False
By Stephen Koff • January 17, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 5, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
True
By Stephen Koff • January 10, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 9, 2010 in a CNN interview:
The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires."
False
By Stephen Koff • December 15, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 30, 2010 in an MSNBC interview :
"Understand, this is unemployment insurance. It’s not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when you’re working. You get help when you’re not."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 30, 2010 in a news release:
Says Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to keep "an extreme, job-killing Internal Revenue Service paperwork mandate."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • December 2, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 11, 2010 in a news release:
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • November 22, 2010
George Voinovich
George Voinovich
stated on November 8, 2010 in a news release:
Says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993.
True
By Stephen Koff • November 11, 2010
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