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Bridge to Nowhere could not happen again, Schumer says

March 12, 2009

"No Bridge to Nowhere could occur."

Earmarks down, but not 75 percent

March 11, 2009

"Look, the earmarks have come down significantly, 75 percent."

White House highlights one way the tax code goes easy on the rich

March 11, 2009

"A middle-class family donates $1 to charity, they get 15 cents off their income tax. Bill Gates donates $1 to charity, he takes 35 cents off…

Republicans opposed Obama’s stimulus but not tax cuts

March 10, 2009

Republican leaders said "no" to "tax cuts for 95% of working Americans."

Biden points out disparities between CEO and average worker pay

March 6, 2009

"The average CEO makes $10,000 more every day ... than what the average worker makes every year."

Obama invokes Republican icons on health care

March 5, 2009

"Teddy Roosevelt first called for (health care) reform nearly a century ago."

Obama health plan does not call for government-run health care

March 5, 2009

"Under the Obama plan . . . all the health care in this country is eventually going to be run by the government."

McConnell contends Democrats have already exceeded Iraq, Afghanistan and Katrina spending

March 3, 2009

"In just one month, the Democrats have spent more than President Bush spent in seven years on the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan…

Spending bill wasn’t candidate Obama’s “type,” Boehner points out

March 3, 2009

"The president campaigned against this type of legislation."

Democrats too low with $3.8 billion earmark estimate for Omnibus

March 2, 2009

The omnibus bill has only $3.8 billion in earmarks.

McCain says Obama will leave troops in Iraq — wishful thinking?

February 27, 2009

"The president's plan, even after the end of its withdrawal timeline is reached, will leave in place up to 50,000 U.S. troops."

Jindal’s not as off the rails as some have said

February 27, 2009

The stimulus bill includes "$8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland."

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