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Obama said states have new power to review insurance rate hikes

October 28, 2010

"We have empowered state insurance commissioners to review the rate hikes that are taking place in states. And in some states like North Carolina, they…

Obama said he got health care insurance for 4 million kids

October 28, 2010

"Before we even passed health care, 4 millions kids got health insurance that didn't have it before, through the Children's Health Insurance Program."

Barack Obama says current financial recovery has been less expensive than S&L cleanup of ’80s

October 28, 2010

Stabilizing the recent financial crisis "will cost less than 1 percent of GDP," which is less than the 2.5 percent to fix the savings and…

Obama says most job losses occurred before his economic policies took hold

October 28, 2010

"Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect."

Jeff Brandes accuses incumbent state Rep. Bill Heller of supporting taxes

October 28, 2010

Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget,…

Jeff Brandes says government regulations may close small business

October 28, 2010

Company may close, "all because government essentially says if they don't hire a lifeguard to watch their workers, they can't stay open."

Rick Scott says “most” newspapers that endorsed Sink also endorsed Obama

October 28, 2010

"Most" of the newspapers that endorsed Alex Sink also endorsed Barack Obama.

Rick Boucher says Morgan Griffith fought to send education money from Southwest Virginia to Northern Virginia

October 28, 2010

"Morgan Griffith fought for a plan that would have taken money away from our schools and given it to Northern Virginia schools instead." 

Barack Obama tells Jon Stewart the health care bill cuts the deficit by over $1 trillion dollars

October 28, 2010

The health care bill "cuts the deficit by over $1 trillion dollars."

Morgan Griffith says Rick Boucher “helped write” the cap-and-trade bill

October 28, 2010

Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill

Strickland claim about Kasich giving secret bonuses to corporate friends relies on edited footage

October 28, 2010

"Congressman Kasich wants to use our tax dollars to give secret bonuses to his corporate friends."

Group says Wisconsin Republican Assembly candidates want to privatize Social Security

October 28, 2010

Says Republican candidates in key Wisconsin Assembly races "side with those who want to privatize Social Security -- and risk our retirements on Wall Street."

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