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Gov. John Kasich says new state labor law doesn’t cut worker pay, pension or health care

April 19, 2011

"In this bill that I’ve just signed, we don’t cut anybody’s salary. We don’t take away their pension. And we don’t destroy their health care."

U.S. Rep. Broun said FDR had aides learn socialism from Stalin

April 19, 2011

Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his advisers to study socialism with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin so the president could replicate it in the United…

Austin resident says fluoride compound added to local water supply is “toxic waste”

April 19, 2011

Says the fluoride Austin is putting in its drinking water is "toxic waste."

Group says Republican legislator behind the call for drastic cuts

April 19, 2011

(Dennis) Richardson wants to make drastic cuts to services we depend on: schools, home care for seniors, even public safety -- all so Richardson can…

President Obama says Republican Medicare plan would cost people $6,400 more in 10 years

April 18, 2011

The Republican budget plan "says that 10 years from now, if you’re a 65-year-old who’s eligible for Medicare, you should have to pay nearly $6,400…

Michele Bachmann says top 1 percent pay 40 percent of all federal taxes

April 18, 2011

"The top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government."

Reince Priebus says Americans pay more in taxes than on groceries, clothing, shelter combined

April 18, 2011

"Americans will pay more in taxes in 2011 than they will spend on groceries, clothing and shelter combined."

Rick Scott cites Virginia drug database failure in congressional testimony

April 18, 2011

"Hackers broke into Virginia's prescription-drug database (and) ... obtained more than 8.2 million patient records and a total of nearly 36 million prescriptions."

Rev. Jesse Jackson says Milwaukee is the most segregated city in America

April 18, 2011

Milwaukee is "the most segregated city in America."

Texas Rep. Jim Keffer says costs of cancer and related issues are over $20 billion a year in Texas

April 18, 2011

"The costs of cancer and all affiliated issues are over $20 billion a year to this state."

Rep. Dennis Kucinich critical over long reach of PATRIOT Act into American’s lives

April 18, 2011

"What we have done with the PATRIOT Act, we've given the government enormous powers. We've given the government the right to reach deeply into people's…

Atlanta police chief says despite fears, crime is down

April 18, 2011

"If you go strictly by the numbers, crime is down across the board. Last year we had a 10 percent decrease in the most serious…

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