Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Sen. Rob Portman says easing access to drilling would immediately reduce dependence on foreign oil

By Stephen Koff

May 4, 2011

Drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf and in parts of Alaska will "immediately reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil."

Rep. Marcy Kaptur says G.E. pays no taxes and creates no jobs but makes record profits

By Stephen Koff

April 20, 2011

General Electric "hasn't really created any jobs in this country, doesn't pay any taxes, and they're making historic profits."

Rep. Jim Jordan presses to reform the volume of welfare programs

By Stephen Koff

April 5, 2011

The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs."

Sen. Sherrod Brown says cuts proposed by House GOP could hurt police, terror prevention efforts

By Stephen Koff

March 30, 2011

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."

Ohio coal industry says Obama promised to bankrupt coal-fired power plant builders

By Stephen Koff

March 14, 2011

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.

National Republican Senatorial Committee raps Sherrod Brown for Ohio’s unemployment, says stimulus failed

By Stephen Koff

February 22, 2011

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."

Sen. Rob Portman says U.S. trade lags behind other developed nations

By Stephen Koff

February 1, 2011

Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations."

Paul Ryan, in State of the Union response, says U.S. debt will soon eclipse GDP

By Stephen Koff , Louis Jacobson

January 26, 2011

"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."

Sen. Sherrod Brown laments system failure that allowed Jared Loughner to buy a gun

By Stephen Koff

January 20, 2011

Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.

Attack on DeWine’s health reform position tests the definition of voluntary

By Stephen Koff

January 17, 2011

Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law.

House Speaker John Boehner has the right count on the magnitude of the federal debt

By Stephen Koff

January 10, 2011

"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."

Sen. Sherrod Brown overstates amount that ‘millionaires and billionaires’ would get in tax deal

By Stephen Koff

December 15, 2010

The tax cut deal is giving "$700 billion to millionaires and billionaires."

Latest Fact Checks By Stephen Koff

Sen. Rob Portman says easing access to drilling would immediately reduce dependence on foreign oil

Rep. Marcy Kaptur says G.E. pays no taxes and creates no jobs but makes record profits

Rep. Jim Jordan presses to reform the volume of welfare programs

Sen. Sherrod Brown says cuts proposed by House GOP could hurt police, terror prevention efforts

Ohio coal industry says Obama promised to bankrupt coal-fired power plant builders

National Republican Senatorial Committee raps Sherrod Brown for Ohio’s unemployment, says stimulus failed

Sen. Rob Portman says U.S. trade lags behind other developed nations

Paul Ryan, in State of the Union response, says U.S. debt will soon eclipse GDP

Sen. Sherrod Brown laments system failure that allowed Jared Loughner to buy a gun

Attack on DeWine’s health reform position tests the definition of voluntary

House Speaker John Boehner has the right count on the magnitude of the federal debt

Sen. Sherrod Brown overstates amount that ‘millionaires and billionaires’ would get in tax deal