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National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 15, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin "proposed a $3.9 trillion tax increase -- a tax increase so extreme" that "even Nancy Pelosi voted against it."
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By Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 31, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney "was director of a company that stole millions from Medicare."
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By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate:
Says Connie Mack was "the only member of the Florida delegation that voted against a bill to help NASA."
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By Brittany Alana Davis • November 1, 2012
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 22, 2012 in a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:
Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
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By Sue Owen • November 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a television ad:
Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.
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By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate.:
Bill Clinton presided over "the biggest expansion of the American economy since World War II."
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By Nancy Madsen • October 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a debate:
Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2012
Keep Austin Healthy PAC
Keep Austin Healthy PAC
stated on October 18, 2012 in a news article posted online Oct. 18, 2012.:
Says the Central Health district's tax rate is the "lowest among the largest counties in Texas, and it will continue to be the lowest" if voters approve a proposed tax increase.  
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a news release:
"6,400 Ohioans ... lost manufacturing jobs in the month of September."
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By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2012 in a campaign speech in Manchester, N.H.:
"We got back every dime used to rescue the banks."
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By Jake Berry • October 25, 2012
Gonzalo Barrientos
Gonzalo Barrientos
stated on October 22, 2012 in an opinion article in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says 55 percent of council members have come from area where only 10 percent of Austinites live.
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By Sue Owen • October 25, 2012
Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
stated on September 14, 2012 in an interview on MyCentralJersey.com:
"There’s 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. They don’t have to wait until they’re 65."
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By Caryn Shinske • October 25, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate:
Says Connie Mack’s Penny Plan would cut "over $200 billion out of Medicare, over $1 trillion out of Social Security. ... $3 trillion out of defense."
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By Amy Sherman • October 24, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV ad.:
"As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending."
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By Warren Fiske • October 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
"Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they’re rushing to build a lot more. They’ll have more than Great Britain sometime in the relatively near future."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney "just gave a speech a few weeks ago" and said "we should still have troops in Iraq."
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By Katie Sanders • October 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
"I went to the Olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
"The president said he was going to create daylight between ourselves and Israel."
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By Molly Moorhead • October 23, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says a university survey concluded his Massachusetts administration "had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state in America."
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By Becky Bowers • October 22, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall meeting in West Milford:
"Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor."
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By Erin O'Neill • October 22, 2012
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