All Half-True statements involving Rob Portman
"We've got 7.2 percent unemployment (in Ohio), but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, it's actually over 10 percent."
Says the health care reform bill was paid for, in part, by taking money from students and the student loan system.
Says unemployment would be at 10 percent if people who have quit looking for work were included in federal labor force calculations.
"In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those are our farmers and our service providers who are suffering."
"We rank below Ethiopia, I'm told, in terms of our exports per capita, well below any of the other developed countries we trade with, and well below China and (South) Korea."
"The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days ... Senate Democrats have neglected one of their most basic responsibilities."
"Under Lee Fisher Ohio has lost nearly 400,000 jobs."
Since the Democrats’ stimulus went into effect last year, Ohio has lost about 150,000 Jobs.
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