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Rick Santorum says two-parent families better off financially

By Molly Moorhead October 13, 2011

The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's…

Jon Huntsman says the IRS will hire 19,500 new workers because of health care mandate

By Maryalice Gill October 13, 2011

"The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer" Obama’s health care mandate.

Herman Cain says someone earning $50,000 will save under his 9-9-9 tax plan

By Aaron Sharockman October 13, 2011

Says someone earning $50,000 a year will fare better under his "9-9-9" plan than under the current tax system.

Walker’s praise for teachers not all-encompassing

By Dave Umhoefer October 13, 2011

Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions

John Boehner says Obama promised the stimulus would keep unemployment below 8 percent

By Tom Feran October 13, 2011

"Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "

Chris Christie calls comparisons between health care reforms “completely, intellectually dishonest”

By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill October 13, 2011

Says "any attempt to try to compare" the Massachusetts health care law with the federal health care law is "completely, intellectually dishonest. Governor Romney did…

Herman Cain said workers now pay 15.3 percent in payroll taxes

By Angie Drobnic Holan October 12, 2011

"Every worker pays 15.3 percent payroll tax."

Houck says Reeves “OK” with shipping Va. jobs to China

By Sean Gorman October 12, 2011

"Bryce Reeves chaired a group bankrolled by a New York billionaire who fired hundreds of Virginia workers and sent their jobs to China."

Did Adam Hasner call himself a moderate based on abortion and school choice votes?

By Amy Sherman October 12, 2011

Says U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner "cited his efforts to weaken pro-life and school choice legislation as unequivocal proof that he’s a moderate."

Michele Bachmann says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s presidential campaign

By W. Gardner Selby October 12, 2011

Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president.

Mitt Romney raps number of uninsured kids in Texas, touts statistics for Massachusetts

By Louis Jacobson October 12, 2011

Massachusetts has "less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. You (Gov. Perry) have a million kids uninsured in Texas."

Alliance for America’s Future says government can’t afford to pay 100 percent of employee benefits

By Tom Feran October 12, 2011

"We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits."

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