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Nevada is No. 1 in unemployment, divorce and violent crime, Florida chamber claims

By Amy Sherman December 16, 2011

Nevada has been recently ranked No. 1 in "unemployment, foreclosures, violent crime, personal bankruptcy and divorce." 

Newt Gingrich said he never lobbied for Freddie Mac ‘under any circumstance’

By Angie Drobnic Holan December 16, 2011

"I never lobbied under any circumstance" for Freddie Mac.

DNC says presidential candidates usually release tax returns but Romney won’t

By Matt Clary December 16, 2011

"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."

Jon Huntsman says U.S. natural gas in greater supply than Saudi Arabian oil

By Maryalice Gill, Molly Moorhead December 16, 2011

"In this country … we have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."

Newt Gingrich repeats claim about his record of balancing budget, reducing debt

By Louis Jacobson December 16, 2011

"I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt."

Texas Democratic leader says author who believes registering poor to vote is un-American spoke at tea party event

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms December 16, 2011

Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.

Rick Perry says the federal government catches and releases non-violent violators of immigration laws

By W. Gardner Selby December 16, 2011

Says the Obama administration catches and releases nonviolent illegal immigrants.

Michele Bachmann says “PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true” in last debate

By Louis Jacobson December 16, 2011

"After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."

San Antonio Democrat says nearly 160 million working families will see $1,000 tax hike if Congress does not renew payroll tax cut

By W. Gardner Selby December 15, 2011

"If Congress does not pass the renewal of the payroll tax cut before the end of the year, nearly 160 million working families will see…

Blind spot? RNC says DNC chair Wasserman Schultz denied unemployment is up under Obama

December 15, 2011

DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz "denied unemployment went up under Obama."

Sen. Ron Johnson says Obama has increased federal workforce by 10 percent amid national job losses

By Dave Umhoefer December 15, 2011

"President Obama has increased the federal workforce 192,000 individuals -- about 10 percent since he’s taken office -- while we’ve lost 2 million jobs."

Anti-voucher advocate claims proposed scholarship program would be funded out of public school budgets

By Bill Wichert December 15, 2011

"(The Opportunity Scholarship Act) would be funded directly from public school budgets. So it would absolutely take money out of the public school system to…

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