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David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on February 11, 2014 a House floor speech
"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 a news release
"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."  
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February 14, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 a speech
"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."
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By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union address
"For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
"The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.
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By Steve Contorno • January 29, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Under President Barack Obama, "We’ve got the lowest labor force participation in over three decades, since 1978."
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By Katie Sanders • January 26, 2014
Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar
stated on January 10, 2014 a CNN interview
"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."
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By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2014
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on January 12, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"If you have a job in this country, (there's a) 97 percent chance that you're not going to be in poverty."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 14, 2014
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau
stated on January 7, 2014 a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole
Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
stated on January 4, 2014 a tweet
"US: Change in Income, 2009-13. Top 1%: +31.4%. Bottom 99%: +0.4%."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on December 16, 2013 a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
The United States is "behind many countries in Europe in terms of the ability of every kid in America to get ahead."
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By Katie Sanders • December 19, 2013
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
stated on December 4, 2013 an episode of CNN's "Crossfire"
"60 percent of people on food assistance are working."
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By Julie Kliegman • December 11, 2013
James Carville
James Carville
stated on December 8, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"One-third of all bank tellers (are) on public assistance."
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By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 8, 2013 an interview on ABC’s "This Week"
"About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2013
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2013 a Facebook post
"The nine-day deer hunt contributes more than $1.3 billion in revenue to the state of Wisconsin."
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By Dave Umhoefer • December 4, 2013
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
Mike Plant
Mike Plant
stated on November 20, 2013 an interview
"No one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time."
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By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2013
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on November 4, 2013 a campaign speech
"We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 10, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2013 a public address
"Half of all CEOs say that the shutdown and the threat of shutdown set back their plans to hire over the next six months."
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By Julie Kliegman • October 21, 2013
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