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NASCAR executive says many fans serve in military

By Willoughby Mariano August 17, 2012

"NASCAR fans are twice as likely as non fans to serve in the military and 37 percent of active servicemembers and veterans are NASCAR fans."

Secretary of Education says Tennessee proof education funding is working

By Michael Collins August 16, 2012

"After one year, Tennessee’s students made their biggest single-year jump in achievement ever recorded in the state."

Do Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want to turn Medicare into a voucher program?

By Louis Jacobson August 16, 2012

Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan "want to turn Medicare into a voucher system."

“Desperate Housewives” actress and Obama activist says Paul Ryan’s budget cuts grants for nearly 10 million college students

August 16, 2012

Says Paul Ryan "wants to cut Pell Grant scholarships for nearly 10 million students."

Lou Greenwald claims New Jersey students represent nearly a third of all college freshmen who attend school out of their home state

By Erin O'Neill August 16, 2012

Says "about 100,000 kids in this country leave their home state and go to another state to be educated. Out of that 100,000 young people,…

Did Obama say of the national debt, “If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition”?

By Joshua Gillin August 16, 2012

Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."

Mitt Romney said Barack Obama robs Medicare of more than $700 billion to pay for Obamacare

By Angie Drobnic Holan August 15, 2012

Says Barack Obama "robbed Medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... Obamacare."

Ryan’s plan includes $700 billion in Medicare “cuts,” says Stephanie Cutter

By Angie Drobnic Holan August 15, 2012

Says Paul Ryan's budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.

Chris Christie says Mitt Romney isn’t counting on New Jersey to win presidency

By Erin O'Neill August 15, 2012

Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988."

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline says Republican Brendan Doherty wants to raise Social Security eligibility age without regard for workers in physically demanding jobs

By Tom Mooney August 15, 2012

"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would…

Florida is No. 1 in concealed permits, Rick Scott says

By Aaron Sharockman August 14, 2012

Florida has "more concealed weapons permits than any other state."

Obama says Romney would end wind power tax credits

By Jon Greenberg August 14, 2012

Says Mitt Romney "wants to end tax credits for wind producers."

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