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Newt Gingrich defends calling Barack Obama “food stamp president”

May 16, 2011

President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps."

Obama says the border fence is ‘now basically complete’

May 16, 2011

"The (border) fence is now basically complete."

Laura Ingraham says Massachusetts health plan is “wildly unpopular”

May 16, 2011

The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.

Rep. Randy Forbes says holding line on debt limit doesn’t force default

May 16, 2011

Failure to raise the debt limit does not force a U.S. default on debt payments.

Sen. Sherrod Brown critical of House bill’s potential impact on insurance coverage for abortions

May 16, 2011

"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."

State Sen. John Whitmire says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of 3,000 complaints, including many cases of sexual assault and malfeasance

May 16, 2011

Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."

State AFL-CIO head says unions have not encouraged anti-Walker boycott efforts

May 15, 2011

"There are not, nor have there ever been, any boycotts encouraged by our organizations."

State Sen. Steve Ogden says businesses pay most of the taxes in Texas

May 15, 2011

Says businesses "already pay most of the taxes."

Cicilline says there are only 25 to 30 al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan

May 15, 2011

"Most military experts say there is anywhere between 25 and 30 members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan."

Will Sellwood Bridge have to be shut down in eight years if it is not replaced?

May 14, 2011

If the Sellwood Bridge is not replaced, it will have to be shut down within eight years.

State Rep. Leo Berman says judges Dearborn, Michigan, practice Shariah law

May 14, 2011

Says judges are using Shariah law in Dearborn, Mich.

Romney calls Obama’s health care law a government takeover

May 13, 2011

President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care."

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