Armond Budish

2011 total tops previous two-year sessions

"We've seen more anti-women's choice bills introduced in the first half of this session than we've seen in the last three General Assemblies."

Promise: Review all operations to root out corruption

Update: Pay slashed for 89 employees after audit of wages in fiscal office

Jim Jordan

Average cost to keep dropping with each car sold

"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."

Promise: Establish a $100-million economic development fund

Update: Cuyahoga County Council vote makes plan a reality

John Kasich

But do they get the job done?

Says Ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.

Barack Obama

Decline in dependence due to several factors

"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."

Ohio Republican Party

You'll hear this a lot in 2012

Sherrod Brown "has voted with Barack Obama 95 percent of the time."

Robert Hagan

Quake link to Kasich more than shaky

"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"

Sherrod Brown

Rate is high for all young men

"More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 can’t find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life."

Arne Duncan

Other nations advancing in studies

"One generation ago we led the world in college graduation. We're 16th today."

Dennis Kucinich

Big bucks for corporate big shots

"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Discounts any time spent helping constituents, visiting district

Freshman Rep. Bob Gibbs "is spending his one year anniversary on vacation — only working 6 days in all of January."

Marcia Fudge

Data issues hinder this claim

"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."

Mitt Romney

Precisely what he said if you ignore some of his words

Barack Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray "is precisely what then-Sen. Obama claimed would be ‘the wrong thing to do.’"

Nina Turner

Initial boundaries for her district unchanged in later-updated map

Says that after she declared her candidacy for Congress, "the redistricting process was manipulated to allow incumbent politicians to guarantee their re-election."

Rob Portman

Spike in increases hasn't persisted

Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.

John Kasich

Biggest states top new jobs list

"We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest."  

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Robocall attack lacks facts

Says Rep. Jim Renacci was "trying to leave town for the holidays without extending your payroll tax cut."

Jim Jordan

Big wheels keep the goods flowing

"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."

John Boehner

The sky is darkening, but not falling

"The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy."