Fact Check Posts – Page 6

John Boccieri
stated on October 18, 2010 in a debate:

"Mr. Renacci was registered as a foreign trade lobbyist in the United States government."

By Stephen Koff • November 1, 2010

Jim Renacci
stated on October 18, 2010 in a debate:

Since Rep. John Boccieri’s election, "Ohio has lost 600,000 jobs" and his district’s "unemployment has doubled."

By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on October 4, 2010 in a debate:

"Under Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Ohio is 44th in the country in terms of getting money actually into worker retraining."

By Stephen Koff • October 18, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on October 8, 2010 in a debate:

Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton."

By Stephen Koff • October 16, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on October 6, 2010 in a television campaign ad:

Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."

By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2010

Zack Space
stated on September 2, 2010 in a letter:

A bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.

By Stephen Koff • October 1, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on September 14, 2010 in an appearance at The Plain Dealer:

On Lee Fisher’s watch, "almost nine out of 10" jobs that Ohio lost were lost to other states, "not to other countries."

By Stephen Koff • September 27, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on August 18, 2010 in a radio interview:

"More than half of our unemployed Ohioans have been out of work for six months or more."

By Stephen Koff • September 2, 2010

John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 in a speech at the City Club of Cleveland:

Under the new health care law, "if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds."

By Stephen Koff • August 31, 2010

Lee Fisher
stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign speech:

Rob Portman is "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China."

By Stephen Koff • August 25, 2010

John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 in a speech at the City Club of Cleveland:

"Since February 2009, the private sector has lost millions of jobs while the federal government has grown by hundreds of thousands of workers."

By Stephen Koff • August 24, 2010

Steve LaTourette
stated on July 6, 2010 in a speech:

"Since the president became the president, we have lost 3.3 million jobs in the private sector. But you know who's done OK and who's not complaining today? The public sector. We've gained 590,000 public sector jobs."

By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2010

George Voinovich
stated on July 14, 2010 in a speech in the U.S. Senate:

"Last year, we borrowed $1.4 trillion -- or 41 cents of every dollar we spent. Over half of this debt is held by foreign investors."

By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2010

Lee Fisher
stated on June 16, 2010 in a news release:

Rob Portman has taken more than $125,000 from "Big Oil."

By Stephen Koff • August 6, 2010

Bill O'Neill
stated on July 30, 2010 in in a letter:

"In recent years, Rep. LaTourette has sponsored legislation that would increase spending by 551.6 percent."

By Stephen Koff • August 5, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on July 6, 2010 in a television campaign ad:

A bill to cap carbon emissions "could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs."

By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2010

Lee Fisher
stated on July 13, 2010 in a news release:

"As President George W. Bush’s trade representative, Portman failed to address China’s currency manipulation, which was inflated to as much as 40 percent in 2006."

By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2010

Lee Fisher
stated on July 12, 2010 in a campaign statement:

Rob Portman’s "plan to tax, slash and privatize" Social Security "would devastate Ohioans."

By Stephen Koff • July 28, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on June 28, 2010 in a campaign statement:

Says that Lee Fisher once said, "I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like."

By Stephen Koff • July 25, 2010

Sherrod Brown
stated on July 14, 2010 in an interview with Rachel Maddow :

Twenty-two million jobs were created during Clinton’s two terms but only 3 million during Bush’s.

By Stephen Koff • July 25, 2010

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