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Rhode Island Senate
Rhode Island Senate
stated on January 15, 2014 a Senate resolution:
"The (New England) Patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the NFL."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 17, 2014
David Scott
David Scott
stated on January 6, 2014 a letter:
President Barack Obama’s judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the president’s supporters.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 17, 2014
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on January 13, 2014 an interview with NPR:
On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.
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By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum:
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
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By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014
Texans for Reliable Power
Texans for Reliable Power
stated on January 9, 2014 an advertisement:
"Texas is experiencing the fastest population growth in the country," adding "more than 1,000 people a day."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2014
Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar
stated on January 10, 2014 a CNN interview:
"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."
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By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2014
Marilinda Garcia
Marilinda Garcia
stated on December 11, 2013 a tweet:
"I cut spending while serving in the state Legislature"
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By Kevin Landrigan • January 14, 2014
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on January 12, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 14, 2014
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on December 5, 2013 a speech:
"If you make the average amount of people in Wisconsin, $50,000, you got $1.60 less a week in taxes" under the state income-tax cut, but "it didn’t show up in your paycheck."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2014
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on January 12, 2014 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We have been in Afghanistan longer now than we have been in any foreign land conducting a war in our nation’s history."
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By Katie Sanders • January 12, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 8, 2014 a speech:
Marriage "decreases the probability of child poverty by 82 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau
stated on January 7, 2014 a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole:
Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
stated on January 4, 2014 a tweet:
"US: Change in Income, 2009-13. Top 1%: +31.4%. Bottom 99%: +0.4%."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2014
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald
stated on January 2, 2014 a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead":
"Under the Espionage Act, (Edward Snowden would not be) allowed to come into court and say ‘I was justified in disclosing this information.’ There is no whistleblower exception in the Espionage Act."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 7, 2014
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
stated on December 24, 2013 a newspaper commentary:
"You don’t see Norway losing population, and its taxes are astronomical."
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By John Hill • January 7, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 6, 2014 a video:
"In my home state, nearly one in five Floridians live in poverty."
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By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 a tweet:
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
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By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on January 1, 2014 a "New York Times" op-ed:
Because of the health care law, "by 2017, we will be funneling over $100 billion annually to private insurance companies."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 3, 2014
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on December 29, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
"(The farm bill) has a provision that would in many ways reduce the deficit."
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By Katie Sanders • January 2, 2014
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