sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries

Mandel's campaign made this claim about Brown's Senate record in a 2012 television ad.

Topics: Federal spending, 2012 U.S. Senate.

• We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes

  A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · October 10, 2012 · PolitiFact: Mostly False

• voted six times to raise his own pay

  A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · October 2, 2012 · PolitiFact: False

• will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history

  A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · June 28, 2012 · PolitiFact: Pants on Fire

• Boyce gave (a lobbyist's) wife a sensitive job in the treasurer's office, a job Boyce admitted he only made available at their mosque.

  2010 campaign television advertisement · September 30, 2010 · PolitiFact: False

Every claim filed under Josh Mandel

1. Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries · PolitiFact · 2012-08-13 · accessed 2026-09-25
2. Roll call votes · U.S. Senate · accessed 2026-10-15