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Michael Julian Bond
Michael Julian Bond
stated on September 17, 2012 in Atlanta City Council meeting:
Almost 400 arrests in the city last year for panhandling-related offenses involved just 78 suspects, an indication that the same people are panhandling over and over.
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By Janel Davis • October 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2012 in a television ad:
Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."
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By Molly Moorhead • October 1, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 12, 2012 in a news release.:
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
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By Sean Gorman • October 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes":
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on September 17, 2012 in a news release:
"Had the online change of address been in place in 2008 an estimated 130,000 voters who cast provisional ballots could have changed their address online and voted a regular ballot."
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By Reginald Fields • September 28, 2012
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 11, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.  
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 28, 2012
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on September 13, 2012 in a forum on casino gambling:
"There’s at least 7,500 addicted gamblers in Rhode Island, at least, … it could be as high as 22,000."
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By John Hill • September 28, 2012
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 4, 2012 in an anti-Nelson mailer:
Bill Nelson voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor, "who signed a Supreme Court opinion saying Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms."
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By Katie Sanders • September 26, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on September 24, 2012 in a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign:
"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012
Secure America Now
Secure America Now
stated on September 12, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Obama adviser David Plouffe took "large piles of cash" from a joint venture partner of a company owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
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By Becky Bowers • September 25, 2012
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on September 11, 2012 in a book:
"Obamacare will provide coverage for abortions, despite the president’s commitment that it would not."
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By Eric Stirgus • September 24, 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition
stated on September 24, 2012 in an election flier :
Barack Obama "refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
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By Tom Feran • September 24, 2012
It's Still a Bad Idea
It's Still a Bad Idea
stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Their New York casino deal was called ‘rigged’ and ‘corrupt.’" 
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By Janie Har • September 21, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 in a news release:
The national debt of $16 trillion, is "enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times."
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By Tom Feran • September 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 in a speech:
Says Barack Obama's comments indicate he "believes in redistribution" of wealth.
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By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 17, 2012 in an interview with Evan Smith on “Overheard,” premiered Sept. 6, 2012:
"I am going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. There is no other third-party candidate that’s going to come close to achieving that."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 7, 2012 in a television interview:
Based on the August 2012 national jobs numbers, "for every person who got a job, nearly four people stopped looking for a job."
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By James B. Nelson • September 19, 2012
NAACP
NAACP
stated on September 12, 2012 in press release:
"Since 2000, only 10 cases of in-person voter fraud have been proven nationally."
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By Janel Davis • September 19, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in in a news conference:
"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan."
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By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012
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