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Gov. Rick Scott says he sold the state planes

March 8, 2011

"We ... sold the state airplanes as I had promised."

Gov. Rick Scott highlights regulation freeze in first State of the State speech

March 8, 2011

"On my first day in office, I ordered a review of every regulation in the pipeline and every contract exceeding $1 million."

Sen. Sherrod Brown says Hitler, Stalin and Mubarek all opposed independent unions

March 8, 2011

"Hitler didn't want unions. Stalin didn't want unions. Mubarak didn't want independent unions. These autocrats in history don't want independent unions."

Michele Bachmann charges health care bill spent $105 billion ‘secretly’

March 8, 2011

"Secretly, unbeknownst to members of Congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the Obamacare legislation."

Wisconsin officials claim cleaning up the state Capitol will cost $7.5 million

March 8, 2011

Damage by protesters to the Wisconsin state Capitol will cost $7.5 million to repair.

Gov. Bob McDonnell says education funding grew six times faster than enrollment

March 8, 2011

In the past decade, K-12 funding has grown six times faster than the rate of enrollment.

E-mail says state employees in Wisconsin will have to pay 100 percent of pensions and health insurance after 2012

March 8, 2011

State employees will have to pay 100 percent of their pensions and health insurance after 2012.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says government workers in Wisconsin pay $500 to $1,000 per year in union dues

March 8, 2011

Wisconsin state and local government workers pay "$500, $600 or in some cases, $1,000" per year in union dues.

Andy Brown says nobody in higher education believes $10,000 bachelor’s degree is possible

March 8, 2011

Says nobody in higher education believes Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal to "serve up $10,000 college degrees" is possible.

Chamber says protesters were bused to Central Florida teacher rally

March 7, 2011

Says "union bosses" bused protesters to a Central Florida education protest.

Rep. Anthony Weiner: Law clear that Justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from health care case

March 7, 2011

"Under the clear letter of the law, (Justice Clarence Thomas) must recuse himself" from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.

Rep. Anthony Weiner says Elena Kagan has recused herself on Supreme Court even when she didn’t have to

March 7, 2011

Says Justice Elena Kagan recused herself in "many cases where she had little role" as solicitor general, simply because of the appearance of a conflict…

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