All Mostly True statements involving Sherrod Brown
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
"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."
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule.
Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
"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."
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
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