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Elizabeth Ames Jones says she balanced $10 billion shortfall without raising taxes

By W. Gardner Selby April 11, 2012

Says she balanced a $10 billion budget shortfall without raising taxes.

Republican Governors Association says Mayor Tom Barrett’s policies drove up unemployment 27 percent in Milwaukee

By Dave Umhoefer April 11, 2012

Mayor Tom Barrett’s policies drove unemployment up 27 percent in Milwaukee, pushing it to "one of America’s 10 worst cities for unemployment."

Robert Menendez claims U.S. fuel exports surpassed imports in 2011 for the first time since 1949

By Bill Wichert April 11, 2012

Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949."

U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez says that in Arizona, Mitt Romney said the state’s SB 1070 law should be model for nation

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms April 11, 2012

Says that Mitt Romney, while he was in Arizona, said he believes the state’s SB 1070 immigration law should be the model for national immigration…

Isakson: Keystone pipeline to employ 20,000

By Willoughby Mariano April 11, 2012

The Keystone oil pipeline "would employ 20,000 people in the United States."

Gov. John Kasich says the rainy day fund has grown from 89 cents to $240 million

By Tom Feran April 11, 2012

"Our rainy day fund has gone from 89 cents to $240 million."

Romney campaign says women were hit hard by job losses under Obama

By Molly Moorhead April 10, 2012

"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."

How many Americans make less than $250,000 a year?

By Angie Drobnic Holan April 10, 2012

"98 percent of American families" make "under $250,000 a year."

Paul Ryan says Barack Obama ‘has doubled the size of government since he took office’

By Louis Jacobson April 10, 2012

President Barack Obama "has doubled the size of government since he took office."

Does Oregon spend more on tax breaks than on public safety, health care and education combined?

By Ian K. Kullgren April 10, 2012

Says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."

Chain email says media ignored recent ‘raid on the Arizona border’

By Becky Bowers April 10, 2012

"Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? … Seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border!"

David Dewhurst says poverty ranks up by 6.4 million under Obama

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms April 10, 2012

"6.4 million more Americans living in poverty under President Obama."

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