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Ad says JoAnne Kloppenburg jailed an 80-year-old farmer for refusing to plant native vegetation on his farm

April 1, 2011

Says Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg "put an 80-year-old farmer in jail for refusing to plant native vegetation on his farm."

A gloomy claim: Tallahassee is the ninth-rainiest city in America

April 1, 2011

Tallahassee is "the ninth-rainiest (city) in the nation."

Eric Cantor says discretionary spending up 20 percent in 2 years, 80 percent with stimulus

April 1, 2011

Discretionary spending has "increased over 20-some percent in two years if you don’t include the stimulus. If you put in the stimulus, it’s over 80…

Tim Pawlenty said he brought Minnesota state spending growth down “to about 1.7 percent per year.”

April 1, 2011

"From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21…

Americans United for Change says Eric Cantor wants to abolish Social Security and Medicare

April 1, 2011

Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."

Senate budget chief criticizes water management district for sitting on taxpayer cash

April 1, 2011

Says the Southwest Florida Water Management District has $850 million in reserves, enough money in savings to run without levying taxes for more than two…

Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg says PolitiFact Wisconsin “concluded that the charge that Justice Prosser prejudges matters that come before the court is True”

April 1, 2011

PolitiFact Wisconsin "concluded that the charge that Justice Prosser prejudges matters that come before the court is True."

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser says challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg’s record consists only of prosecuting cases regarding regulation of docks

April 1, 2011

Says Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg’s record as a state Justice Department lawyer consists only of the prosecution of cases regarding regulation of docks.

Isakson claims no deaths in U.S. from nuke plant operations

April 1, 2011

"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."

Sen. John Cornyn says U.S. arrested people from nations designated as terrorism sponsors on border with Mexico in first 19 months of Obama administration

April 1, 2011

Says that during the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the U.S. detained people from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism on the…

Morgan Griffith says you need a waiver to keep your health care plan

March 31, 2011

"Originally, Democrats promised that if you liked your health care plan, you could keep it. One year later we know that you need a waiver…

Rick Santorum says one of every three pregnancies ends in an abortion

March 31, 2011

"A third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion."

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