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Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate in Davie, Fla.:

Says Connie Mack "wrote a letter to the Department of Transportation in order to get $29 million in stimulus for his congressional district."

By Brittany Alana Davis • November 2, 2012

Crossroads GPS
stated on November 10, 2011 in a TV ad:

"(Stimulus money) went to critically important projects like studying ants in Africa."

By Sean Gorman • November 21, 2011

Brent Larkin
stated on January 2, 2011 in a newspaper column:

Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on a New York Central train in 1935."

By Tom Feran • January 7, 2011

John Boehner
stated on October 30, 2010 in a Saturday address:

Members of Congress did not have three days to read the bill "when the stimulus was rushed into law."

By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart":

"Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect."

By Martha M. Hamilton • October 28, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on October 6, 2010 in a television campaign ad:

Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."

By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2010

Marco Rubio
stated on March 28, 2010 in a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday:

"Since that famous day in February where the governor campaigned with Barack Obama on behalf of the stimulus program, 211,000 Floridians have lost their jobs."

March 28, 2010

John Boehner
stated on February 19, 2010 in a press release:

In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."

February 19, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on February 2, 2010 in a town meeting in New Hampshire:

Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010

David Axelrod
stated on January 31, 2010 in NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses."

February 3, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech:

"We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010

Mark Sanford
stated on April 30, 2009 in a commentary piece:

"Our government has now 'spent, lent, or committed' $12.8 trillion in its attempt to blunt the recession."

May 15, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on February 17, 2009 in a bill signing ceremony in Denver.:

"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."

By Alexander Lane • February 27, 2009

Mike Pence
stated on February 3, 2009 in a speech:

The stimulus bill contains "$20 million for the removal of small to medium-sized fish passage barriers" and "$25 million to rehabilitate off-roading trails for ATVs."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2009

Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2009 in appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation":

To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, "if you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn’t have spent $1 trillion."

February 3, 2009

Joe Barton
stated on January 22, 2009 in a statement at a committee meeting.:

Democrats have said that "even one hearing (on the stimulus bill) would be one too many, and that we have a single day to approve these five complex propositions that will affect the lives of millions."

January 26, 2009

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