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Bill Clinton says the president let students pay ‘clear, fixed, low’ rate for loans

By Becky Bowers September 7, 2012

Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20…

Democrats say Republican-backed legislation “would eliminate Medicare’s guaranteed benefit for 800,000 Tennessee seniors and force them into TennCare.”

By Tom Humphrey September 7, 2012

The "Health Care Compact bill would end Medicare's guaranteed benefit for Tennessee's Medicare recipients and shift management of the federal health care plan to the…

Rob Portman says Ohio’s jobless rate would top 10 percent if tally included those who quit looking for work

By Tom Feran September 7, 2012

"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."

Obama says Romney called Russia our ‘No. 1 enemy’

By Molly Moorhead September 7, 2012

Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.

Obama says his budget plan will cut deficits by $4 trillion

By Jon Greenberg September 7, 2012

Says his budget plan "would cut our deficits by $4 trillion."

U. S. Rep. David Cicilline says that when he was mayor of Providence, the city’s internal auditor was not blocked from accessing financial records

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. September 7, 2012

"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.

Providence taxes are among the highest in the country

By Tom Mooney September 7, 2012

Providence has "amongst the highest tax rate(s) in the entire country."

Barack Obama says U.S. has gained a half-million manufacturing jobs

By Louis Jacobson September 7, 2012

"After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years."

Granholm says Romney’s response to auto crisis was ‘Let Detroit go bankrupt’

By Jon Greenberg September 7, 2012

Says that Mitt Romney's response to the crisis in the auto industry was, "Let Detroit go bankrupt."

Charlie Crist says Jeb Bush said Ronald Reagan “would have been too moderate, too reasonable for today’s GOP”

By Amy Sherman September 7, 2012

"Jeb Bush recently noted, Reagan himself would have been too moderate, too reasonable for today's GOP."

James Clyburn says Republicans sat on sidelines for passage of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

By Louis Jacobson September 7, 2012

When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"

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