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Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate Education Committee meeting.:
Says Texas ranks 49th nationally in "what we are doing to support our per-pupil investment in education in the state."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2013
The Tax Foundation
The Tax Foundation
stated on April 12, 2013 a press release:
"We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 17, 2013
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on April 4, 2013 Texas House debate on state budget.:
Says Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2013
Jodie Laubenberg
Jodie Laubenberg
stated on April 4, 2013 a Texas House floor debate.:
Says Texas state funds were spent on "a TV series on spouses cheating on their wives, kind of glorifying the act of cheating."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on April 9, 2013 a TV ad:
"Under Republican Chris Christie, New Jersey had the highest increase in unemployment in the country last year. Nearly 1 in 10 jobless. The worst unemployment in the region. Near the bottom in economic growth, yet Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires but vetoed a minimum wage hike."
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By Caryn Shinske • April 14, 2013
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on March 29, 2013 a tweet:
Says the 2010-11 New Hampshire budget ended with an $18 million surplus, while the Republican-led 2012-13 budget has a $40 million deficit.
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By Jake Berry • April 11, 2013
Brian Anderson
Brian Anderson
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate Rules Committee meeting:
"Pasco County has the second highest population of homeless in all of Florida."
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By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
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By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
Nadine Smith
Nadine Smith
stated on March 27, 2013 a press release:
"The financial penalties imposed" on gay couples "can cost us more than $300,000 compared with married heterosexual couples over a lifetime."
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By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2013
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on March 25, 2013 a radio interview.:
Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."
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By Nancy Madsen • April 8, 2013
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on April 1, 2013 a press conference:
Says "I've authored the first bipartisan tax reform bill in a quarter-century."  
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By Janie Har • April 6, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2013 blog posts:
Forty aides who serve President Barack Obama "owe $333,485 in back taxes."
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By Stephen Koff • April 3, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2013 a Board of Governors meeting:
"The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.
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By Katie Sanders • April 3, 2013
Deborah Gist
Deborah Gist
stated on March 22, 2013 an appearance on "A Lively Experiment.":
When students leave our high schools and they go to the community college, 70-75 percent of them have to pay to take remedial math.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2013
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on March 15, 2013 a newsletter:
Says "$1,100 of the tuition paid by every Oregon university student annually goes just to pay the costs of PERS."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • March 29, 2013
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on March 19, 2013 a congressional hearing:
The national debt is "larger than our entire annual economy."
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By Molly Moorhead, Sabrina Eaton, W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on March 19, 2013 a response to the release of employment data by the state Labor Department:
"While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than a point higher than Connecticut and New York."
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By Caryn Shinske • March 28, 2013
Scott Henson
Scott Henson
stated on February 25, 2013 an interview.:
Says Texas has "11 different felonies you can commit with an oyster."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 27, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 21, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor:
"Our debt now is about $140,000 per household."
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By Stephen Koff • March 27, 2013
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
stated on March 17, 2013 an interview on “Fox News Sunday”:
"Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess."
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By Sabrina Eaton • March 26, 2013
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