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Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on September 8, 2013 a tweet
"CBO reports that delaying the Obamacare individual mandate will reduce the deficit by $35 billion over ten years."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 a speech at an Americans for Prosperity Foundation conference
"We cut business taxes so today 70 percent of our businesses don't pay a business tax."
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By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2013
John Carter
John Carter
stated on August 31, 2013 a news article
About 40 percent of U.S. illegal immigrants "came in on an airplane, with a legal visa, and just overstayed their visa and have never gone home."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on August 28, 2013 a speech
The number of African-American men in prison has increased fivefold since he left office.
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By Eric Stirgus • September 6, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 2, 2013 a CNN interview
Says there's a "100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons."
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By Becky Bowers • September 5, 2013
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 4, 2013 a tweet
"The average family premium has increased by 29% under Obama!"
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By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
Peter King
Peter King
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"The House did vote against engagement in Kosovo, and Bill Clinton kept fighting anyway. And, then, ultimately, a vote did pass."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
stated on August 23, 2013 a radio interview
Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2013
Steven Frias
Steven Frias
stated on August 14, 2013 a Providence Journal commentary
The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority "was supposed to exist only until the bonds used to build the Newport Bridge were paid off through tolls. Once the bonds were paid, the Newport Bridge was to be transferred to the State of Rhode Island and become toll-free."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 1, 2013
Jim Francesconi
Jim Francesconi
stated on August 7, 2013 a guest column
Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.
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By Janie Har • August 31, 2013
Jeffrey Grybowski
Jeffrey Grybowski
stated on August 4, 2013 a television interview
Offshore wind power is "significantly less expensive than solar energy."
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By Gregory Smith • August 31, 2013
Ernest Moniz
Ernest Moniz
stated on August 26, 2013 a question and answer session at Columbia University
"We are about halfway" to the president’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and "about half of that is because of the substitution of natural gas for coal in the power sector."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2013
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 26, 2013 an event to launch her reelection bid
South Carolina has "the fastest-growing economy in the Southeast."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on July 19, 2013 a press release
"While fat-cat bureaucrats at the Department of Education are getting paid an average salary of $102,000 a year, teachers in Georgia are getting paid half of that."
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By Janel Davis • August 30, 2013
Mark Harris
Mark Harris
stated on July 20, 2013 an interview
"I’ve got the spending down, I’ve got the debt down a little bit, I’ve got the reserves up."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on August 1, 2013 an interview
Says an illegal immigrant fraudulently claimed children who actually lived in Mexico on income tax forms to collect more than $29,000.
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By Eric Stirgus • August 27, 2013
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 18, 2013 an op-ed in the "Washington Post"
"New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2013
Mike Lee
Mike Lee
stated on August 4, 2013 a 'USA Today' op-ed
Says unions call Obamacare "bad for workers."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 2013
Marijuana Policy Project
Marijuana Policy Project
stated on August 15, 2013 a TV ad
Marijuana is "less toxic" than alcohol.
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By Rochelle Koff • August 19, 2013
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on August 7, 2013 a radio interview
Atlanta now has as many visitors as Las Vegas, San Diego and Los Angeles. Orlando, Fla., and New York City still have more visitors.
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By Janel Davis • August 19, 2013
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