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Barack Obama claims credit for “at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses.”

By Louis Jacobson July 7, 2011

"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."

Bill Kristol says 40 percent of union members voted for John McCain in 2008

By Louis Jacobson July 7, 2011

Forty percent of union members voted Republican in 2008.

On repeal of Wisconsin’s smoking ban, Walker goes from pro to con

By James B. Nelson July 7, 2011

On repeal of Wisconsin's smoking ban

Ohio ranks 50th in income growth, foodbank leader says

By Tom Feran July 7, 2011

"Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth."

Gov. Chris Christie credits former Gov. Jim McGreevey for a decrease in New Jersey auto insurance rates

By Erin O'Neill July 7, 2011

Says car insurance rates have decreased since about a decade ago because of market-based solutions that attracted more auto insurers to New Jersey.

HUD secretary Shaun Donovan says housing prices “stabilized” since Barack Obama entered office

By Louis Jacobson July 6, 2011

Housing prices dropped for the 30 months prior to Barack Obama taking office, "and they have stabilized, they've been about flat since the president came…

Steve Case says 40 percent of the Fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants

July 6, 2011

"Forty percent of the Fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants."

Group says Gov. Scott Walker’s budget has tax breaks for corporations, the rich “that will cost the state of Wisconsin taxpayers $2.3 billion over the next decade.”

July 6, 2011

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s budget "includes tax breaks for corporations and the rich that will cost the state of Wisconsin taxpayers $2.3 billion over the…

McDonnell says Texas, under Gov. Perry has created half of U.S. jobs

By Jacob Geiger July 6, 2011

"Under Gov. Rick Perry’s leadership [Texas] has created more jobs over the last decade than the rest of the states combined."

Austin group says that under Randi Shade, Austin has had the highest city debt per person in Texas

By W. Gardner Selby July 6, 2011

Says that under City Council Member Randi Shade, Austin had the "highest city debt per person in Texas."

Liberal group says family incomes grew equally prior to 1979, unequally afterward

By Louis Jacobson July 5, 2011

From 1947 to 1979, family incomes for rich, middle-income and poor Americans grew about the same rate. But since 1979, incomes for rich families have…

Sen. Rob Portman says a year since the ‘Recovery Summer’ there’s still no recovery

By Stephen Koff July 5, 2011

A year since the "Recovery Summer," there has been been "a fall, winter and spring of no recovery."

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