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Bloggers
stated on September 18, 2014 a chain email

Was Martha Kanter "dispatched to Corvallis with $17 million in stimulus money" to save Craig Robinson’s job?

By Dana Tims • September 23, 2014

Barry Hinckley
stated on September 27, 2012 a campaign commercial

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2012

Americans For Tax Reform
stated on September 21, 2012 a mailer to voters

Says Obama sent $450 million to China to build a wind farm in Texas.

By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a television ad

Sherrod Brown "sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries."

By Tom Feran • August 13, 2012

John Mica
stated on July 25, 2012 a mailer

Says Barack Obama "counted on Sandy Adams" to approve stimulus spending.

By Katie Sanders • July 25, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a campaign commercial

Sherrod Brown "gave huge bonuses to executives."

By Tom Feran • June 15, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 a TV ad

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."

By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2012

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 22, 2012 a news release

Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company

By Alex Kuffner • January 22, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview

Says Barack Obama had "huge majorities" in Congress during his first two years in office and "did nothing with them to create jobs in America."

By Bill Wichert • December 4, 2011

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 13, 2011 a web ad.

The stimulus created "zero jobs."

By Warren Fiske • October 21, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 the CNN/Tea Party Express debate

"The first round of stimulus ... it created zero jobs."

By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2011

Ocean State Policy Research Institute
stated on July 29, 2011 a report

"Dubious taxpayer-funded" stimulus spending -- Part II.

By Richard Salit • July 21, 2011

Chain email
stated on December 20, 2010 a message via the Internet

Unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 22, 2010

George Allen
stated on November 13, 2010

President Obama, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi passed a "$1.2 trillion stimulus bill."

By Wes Hester • November 16, 2010

Mike Prendergast
stated on October 29, 2010 a campaign mailer

"Congresswoman Kathy Castor voted to spend $2.6 million to teach prostitutes in China to drink responsibly."

November 1, 2010

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 3, 2010 a campaign TV ad

Says Steve Kagen "promised us jobs, voting for the $787 billion stimulus. Cost: another 77,000 jobs lost."

October 14, 2010

Rick Scott
stated on September 3, 2010 a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee

"The stimulus has not created one private sector job."

By Becky Bowers • September 17, 2010

Rob Portman
stated on August 25, 2010 a posting on Facebook

Says a "Pro-Stimulus economist admits it is not working … "

By Robert Higgs • September 16, 2010

Marco Rubio
stated on March 22, 2010 in a fundraising E-mail.

"The path to ObamaCare becoming law all started with Charlie Crist supporting President Obama's $787 billion stimulus."

By Aaron Sharockman • April 7, 2010

Scott Brown
stated on February 4, 2010 a press conference

The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010

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