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Ilyse Hogue
Ilyse Hogue
stated on March 12, 2014 in an interview on "The Daily Show":
"Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop."
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By Katie Sanders • March 24, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on January 21, 2014 in an interview:
"Our state economic development agency under Walker, WEDC, actually isn’t even using the funds that are appropriated to it."
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By James B. Nelson • March 23, 2014
Linda Koop
Linda Koop
stated on February 25, 2014 in a campaign mail flier:
Says Stefani Carter "repeatedly used her campaign contributors’ donations to rent margarita machines for our state house office."
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By Sue Owen • March 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2014 in a tweet:
"Florida ranks first in the nation for access to free prekindergarten."
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By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 in a tweet:
Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014:
Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014
Dan Pfeiffer
Dan Pfeiffer
stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says President Barack Obama’s approval rating "gained 3 points in the last couple months."
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By Steve Contorno • March 16, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 9, 2014 in a 'Fox News Sunday' interview:
"The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • March 9, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2014 in a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston:
"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2014
John Bolton
John Bolton
stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel:
Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
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By Katie Sanders • March 6, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on March 3, 2014 in a segment on "Hardball":
"The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
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By Katie Sanders • March 4, 2014
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 in an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards:
Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."
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By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 25, 2014 in a press release:
Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
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By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 in a press conference:
"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
stated on February 4, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in an interview:
"We have more women living in poverty in this state than almost anywhere else."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
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