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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 a speech
"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."
Mostly True
December 23, 2012
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on December 13, 2012 legislative testimony.
Says the Nike bill "is not a tax break ... this does not lower the taxes that Nike will pay nor does it prevent the Legislature from raising those taxes in the future."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • December 20, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on December 4, 2012 a press conference in Trenton
"Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."
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By Caryn Shinske • December 16, 2012
Sherry Sylvester
Sherry Sylvester
stated on December 2, 2012 an opinion column.
Says personal-injury trial lawyers "have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the Texas Democratic Party for over a decade."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 14, 2012
Juan Hernández
Juan Hernández
stated on November 8, 2012 a Dallas Morning News blog post
Says Texas passed a state ‘Dream Act’ before any other state.
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By Sue Owen • December 12, 2012
Our Oregon
Our Oregon
stated on December 4, 2012 a blog post.
Says that "the state spends more money on tax giveaways than it receives in tax collection."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • December 10, 2012
Ken Detzner
Ken Detzner
stated on November 9, 2012 a CNN interview
November 2012 was "a record year of turnout. More people voted before Election Day using absentee ballots and voting early than ever before in our history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2012
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 24, 2012 a Huffington Post column
Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.
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By Katie Sanders • December 6, 2012
Dan Micciche
Dan Micciche
stated on November 4, 2012 an opinion article in the Dallas Morning News.
"The poverty level in" the Dallas school district "is one of the highest in the country, higher than New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and Newark."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2012
Sandy Pasch
Sandy Pasch
stated on December 29, 2012 a radio address
Democratic Party candidates for the state Assembly "actually received 200,000 more votes statewide" than their Republican counterparts in the 2012 election  
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 5, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor
Says "the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since" 1964.
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By Bill Wichert • December 3, 2012
National Association of Realtors
National Association of Realtors
stated on November 9, 2012 a web post
A "foreclosure tax" that would take effect in 2013 could mean a high tax bill for those facing foreclosure and millions of families who modified their mortgage or had a short sale through their lender.
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By Eric Stirgus • November 30, 2012
Steve Acenbrak
Steve Acenbrak
stated on November 11, 2012 an article
"When you look at the number of crashes before the cameras were installed compared to after, they’re virtually the same."
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By Eric Stirgus • November 27, 2012
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on November 14, 2012 a speech
"For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin."
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By Bill Wichert • November 26, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 2, 2012 a news release
Says the tax code is effectively subsidizing "the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years."
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By Tom Feran • November 26, 2012
Paul Levesque
Paul Levesque
stated on October 24, 2012 an interview on NYPost.com
"We’ve outdrawn the Super Bowl for a little while now in the arenas and stadiums that we’ve followed them in for the Super Bowl. We’ve gone in after [the NFL] and surpassed their ticket sales."
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By Caryn Shinske • November 22, 2012
Big Gamble NJ
Big Gamble NJ
stated on November 13, 2012 a website
"In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."
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By Erin O'Neill • November 19, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 30, 2012 an interview on NBC Nightly News
Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars."
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By Erin O'Neill • November 18, 2012
Caroline Casagrande
Caroline Casagrande
stated on October 26, 2012 an interview with NJTV's Michael Aron for "On The Record"
"Every American now is $51,000 in debt. That’s money I owe, that’s money my children owe before they even go to kindergarten, that’s their check to the federal government right now."
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By Caryn Shinske • November 15, 2012
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 8, 2012 an interview
When it comes to income taxes, Wisconsin is "one of the best places in the country to be poor" but "top 4 or 5 worst" for middle-income earners.
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2012
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