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Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics:
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on November 19, 2013 an online campaign video:
"Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent" since Texas passed concealed-gun permit law.
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By Sue Owen • November 27, 2013
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on November 19, 2013 a broadcast of CNN's Situation Room:
Republican ideas on health care don’t give people "an option to even enroll in something that they can afford."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 26, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 4, 2013 a guest lecture:
"During the last election, Democrats won over a million votes more than Republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the Republicans got 33 more members of the House of Representatives than the Democrats did."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2013
John Loud
John Loud
stated on November 19, 2013 newspaper article :
"These 60 acres (the Atlanta Braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero SPLOST money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education."      
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By Eric Stirgus • November 26, 2013
Grady Judd
Grady Judd
stated on November 19, 2013 a "Sun-Sentinel" editorial:
Florida’s proposed amendment for medical marijuana would allow "people who alleged minor ailments such as muscle spasms, neck pain, back pain and even menstrual cramps (to qualify) for government-sanctioned pot-smoking."
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By Julie Kliegman • November 25, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 13, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 25, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on November 21, 2013 a graphic:
"In the history of the United States, 168 presidential nominees have been filibustered, 82 blocked under President Obama, 86 blocked under all the other presidents."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at American Enterprise Institute:
"The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2013
Mike Plant
Mike Plant
stated on November 20, 2013 an interview:
"No one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time."
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By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2013
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on November 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"8.5 million Americans have gotten rebate checks because their insurance companies were spending too much money on executive bonuses and administrative costs and not enough on health care."
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By Katie Sanders • November 21, 2013
Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign ad:
Says Tom Cotton "voted to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 19, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 7, 2013 a hearing:
The U.S. Department of Defense spends $80 million a year on prostate cancer research, $25 million a year on ovarian cancer research and $150 million a year on breast cancer research.
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By Eric Stirgus • November 19, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2013 an image shared on Facebook:
Medicare Part D "was far more expensive than the Affordable Care Act and unlike" the act, "was never budgeted."
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By Sue Owen • November 18, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"Given how expansive our program already was," expanding Medicaid in New Jersey due to Obamacare "was a relatively small expansion."
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By Julie Kliegman • November 14, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 12, 2013 a book:
"The national debt is on track to double during Obama’s presidency."  
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By Tom Kertscher • November 13, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
Says Rick Scott "cut education by $1.3 billion" in his first year, then "in his second year he decreases funding by $300 million to our state universities."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2013
Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on November 10, 2013 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Chris Christie "vetoed Planned Parenthood funding five times over the course of his governorship."  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 10, 2013
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on November 4, 2013 a campaign speech:
"We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 10, 2013
Steve Leslie
Steve Leslie
stated on October 29, 2013 remarks at an Austin town hall about the Dell Medical School:
The University of Texas is starting "the first medical school at a major Tier One" university "in the last 50 years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 8, 2013
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