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Huffington Post reporter says possible GOP Senate candidate Tommy Thompson wanted to implant data chips in people

May 22, 2011

"Tommy Thompson wanted to implant data chips in humans."

Michael Williams says gas prices are up $2 since Obama became president

May 22, 2011

"Gas prices have gone up $2 since Obama took office."

ACLU says RI would be lone Northeastern state to adopt voter photo ID requirement

May 22, 2011

"No other Northeastern state has passed a photo ID law"

McAuliffe says McDonnell job-creation effort hasn’t kept pace with population growth

May 21, 2011

"If you take the population growth here in Virginia, we are net zero on job creation since (Bob McDonnell) became governor."

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul says “the Arab and the Muslim nations” get twice as much foreign aid as Israel

May 21, 2011

"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."

Tea Party Express’ Amy Kremer says current tax revenues could cover interest, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security

May 20, 2011

"We bring in enough tax revenue to service our debt, pay for Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, and then still have about $300 (billion)…

Adam Hasner claims debt increases by $75 million an hour

May 20, 2011

" 'Scary' fact about our national debt. In 1791 it was $75 million. Today, it rises by that amount in about an hour."

Conservative group claims new law would require people to throw away existing light bulbs and replace with more efficient ones

May 20, 2011

Next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs."

Conservative PAC claims Democrats banned incandescent light bulbs in favor of fluorescent light bulbs

May 20, 2011

"The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs."

Cuccinelli says DOE officials never visited Virginia Tech while investigating shootings

May 20, 2011

Department of Education officials investigating Virginia Tech shootings "have not once gotten into the car and driven down to Blacksburg to talk to the police…

Deal uses wrong number to make case about childhood obesity

May 20, 2011

"The health care price tag for childhood obesity in Georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising."

Rodney Ellis says lawmakers have voted to “spend virtually all of the Rainy Day Fund four times” in history

May 20, 2011

Says state lawmakers have voted to "spend virtually all of the Rainy Day Fund four times" since the fund’s creation.

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