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Building a Better Ohio says Toledo once laid off now-Mayor Mike Bell when the city was out of money

By Tom Feran September 23, 2011

Toledo Mayor "Mike Bell (once) lost his job as a firefighter because his city ran out of money."

Is Atlanta drowning in the nation’s highest water bills?

By Eric Stirgus September 23, 2011

The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.

Gov. Rick Perry says the federal government “has not engaged” in border security

By Becky Bowers September 23, 2011

"The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all."

Gary Johnson says U.S. is “bankrupt”

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson September 23, 2011

"We're bankrupt."

Rick Santorum says Rick Perry provided in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants

By Sue Owen September 23, 2011

Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants."

Mitt Romney repeats claim that Obama went around the world apologizing for the United States

By Angie Drobnic Holan September 23, 2011

President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America."

Gary Johnson says U.S. prisons are packed with small-time drug dealers

By Maryalice Gill September 22, 2011

Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they…

Gov. Scott Walker says Wisconsin is broke and $3 billion in debt

By James B. Nelson September 22, 2011

"Wisconsin is broke," and "state government is $3 billion in debt."

Rick Perry says that Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security were done in the private sector, it’d be called criminal

By W. Gardner Selby September 22, 2011

Says Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security was done "in the private sector, it would be called criminal."

State Sen. Raymond Lesniak says New Jersey’s horse racing industry employs 13,000 people and preserves 176,000 acres of farmland

By Erin O'Neill September 22, 2011

Says "New Jersey’s $1 billion horse racing industry … employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland."

Sen. Whitehouse says full Pell Grants cover only 34 percent of public college costs, down from 72 percent in 1976

By Edward Fitzpatrick September 22, 2011

"In 1976, the first year that Pell Grants were fully funded, a full Pell Grant paid 72 percent of the cost of attendance at a…

Sen. Rob Portman says trade agreement with S. Korea helped EU exports jump at U.S. expense

By Sabrina Eaton September 21, 2011

"In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those…

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