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Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
stated on February 4, 2014 a hearing.
"In 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. Today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two."
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By Sean Gorman • March 3, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"The (Russian) ruble is already going down."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 27, 2014 an event at the White House
"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2014
Maxey Scherr
Maxey Scherr
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview
"We have more women living in poverty in this state than almost anywhere else."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
stated on February 14, 2014 a news release
Gun "marketplaces" on Facebook mean "ANYONE can broker a deal on a gun online, meet the seller in a parking lot somewhere, and walk away with a weapon."
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By Dana Tims • February 27, 2014
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 26, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Our economy (in Louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national GDP, even since the national recession."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 a radio interview
Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
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By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014
Andy Brown
Andy Brown
stated on February 17, 2014 a mailer to voters
"Travis County now has the highest urban county tax rate in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 26, 2014
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on February 11, 2014 a floor debate.
"There are 4.7 percent of Virginians who are minimum wage earners who are over 25 years of age working full-time and trying to raise a family."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
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February 23, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on February 2, 2014 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
"The budget I managed at the Department of Education was more than $60 million."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on February 11, 2014 a House floor speech
"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on February 11, 2014 a segment on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
Chris Christie "helped funnel $6 million in federal Hurricane Sandy money to a senior center in Belleville, N.J., a place that suffered no damage."
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By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2014
Brad Avakian
Brad Avakian
stated on January 31, 2014 a campaign website statement
"In Oregon, women earn an average of 79 cents for every dollar that men earn for doing the same job. That’s just wrong."
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By Dana Tims • February 19, 2014
Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan
stated on February 16, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
Says "(President) Reagan's second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 a news release
"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."  
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February 14, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on February 5, 2014 a video
Dollar General "added 2,500 stores and 20,000 jobs" during his four-year tenure as CEO.
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By Eric Stirgus • February 14, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on February 12, 2014 a campaign ad
North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis would let insurance companies "deny coverage for pre-existing conditions."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2014
Hugh Fitzsimons
Hugh Fitzsimons
stated on January 19, 2014 a blog post on campaign website
Female buffalo lead the herd.
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By Sue Owen • February 11, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 a speech
"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."
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By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014
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