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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 11, 2014 an interview with NPR
"Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2014
Connie Stokes
Connie Stokes
stated on August 27, 2014 a fundraising email
Women still do not get paid as much as men, even "for the same work, period."
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By April Hunt • September 15, 2014
Cormick Lynch
Cormick Lynch
stated on August 3, 2014 a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers
The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Charlie Crist "voted against raising the minimum wage."
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By Joshua Gillin • July 17, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on May 15, 2014 a website statement
"Since the governor took office, Oregon’s unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest point in three years."
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By Dana Tims • July 2, 2014
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 a "Roll Call" interview
The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014
Georgia Restaurant Association
Georgia Restaurant Association
stated on June 25, 2014 in a study
The wages of about 60,562 state and local government employees would be affected if the minimum wage is increased to $10.10 in Georgia, for a combined cost to taxpayers of more than $164 million annually.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • June 25, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on June 16, 2014 a television ad
"Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on June 3, 2014 a radio ad
"Sen. McConnell says it's not his job to bring jobs to Kentucky."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 6, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC
If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 25, 2014 a post on his campaign website
Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."
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By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2014 a meme shared on social media
"Every single one of the 41 Republican senators who just blocked a raise in the minimum wage will receive a $2,800 cost-of-living adjustment on January 1, 2015."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2014
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on April 8, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"
"Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2014
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on April 4, 2014 a meme on Twitter
"Who will raising the minimum wage actually help? … More than half work full-time. The average worker is 35 years old."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 9, 2014 an interview on CNN
The economic "turnaround started at the end of my term."
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By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2014
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt," a report shows.
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By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2014
Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes
stated on February 16, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Two-thirds of the people who start out in minimum wage are above the minimum wage within a year."
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By Julie Kliegman • February 16, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 15, 2014 his state of state speech
"Since I took office in January 2011, we have created 11,100 Rhode Island-based jobs."
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By John Hill • February 2, 2014
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on January 28, 2014 the Republican response to the State of the Union address
"Last month, more Americans stopped looking for a job than found one."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014
Teresa Ghilarducci
Teresa Ghilarducci
stated on December 15, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Up"
"A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2013
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