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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled"
Because of the new health care law, "2.5 million young adults now have coverage."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on February 24, 2012 an e-mail newsletter
"A clear majority of Americans support removing the cost-sharing requirement for prescription contraceptive coverage."
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By Erin O'Neill • March 12, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech
"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines more of its citizens -- to institutions than New Jersey. "
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By Erin O'Neill • February 26, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on January 26, 2012 a news release
Says the federal government could save $175,587 by eliminating a study of the "connection between cocaine and risky sex habits of the Japanese quail."
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February 20, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a television ad
"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2012
Cecilia Muñoz
Cecilia Muñoz
stated on February 1, 2012 a post to the White House Blog
"Most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception."
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By Becky Bowers • February 6, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on January 7, 2012 a press release
"Congressman Phil Roe hands out $1.3M government check" from a federal program that "he voted against."
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By Michael Collins • January 29, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.
"Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
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By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on December 18, 2011 Op-Ed
"[N]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see."
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By Willoughby Mariano • January 24, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 a television ad
"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012
Einer Elhauge
Einer Elhauge
stated on January 5, 2012 a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine
"In 1790, the first Congress, which was packed with framers, required all ship owners to provide medical insurance for seamen; in 1798, Congress also required seamen to buy hospital insurance for themselves. In 1792, Congress enacted a law mandating that all able-bodied citizens obtain a firearm."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
In 1993, Newt Gingrich "first advocated for the individual mandate in health care. And as recently as May of this year, he was still advocating" for it.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2011
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on November 15, 2011 in a campaign ad
Says she "brought together business, labor and hospitals to give 94,000 Oregon children health care."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • November 26, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 2, 2011 a campaign ad
"Because of Barack Obama 32 million new people will have healthcare."
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By Molly Moorhead • November 2, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release
Attacks on Planned Parenthood "come at a time when the poverty rate among women is the highest in nearly two decades and 1 in 5 women under 65 don’t have access to health care."
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By Peter Krouse • November 2, 2011
Robert Kraig
Robert Kraig
stated on October 3, 2011 a news release, blog
Wisconsin bill "grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products."
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October 14, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.
Massachusetts has "less than 1 percent of our kids that are uninsured. You (Gov. Perry) have a million kids uninsured in Texas."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on July 6, 2011 a press release
"Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts."
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By Bill Thompson • July 26, 2011
Herb Conaway Jr.
Herb Conaway Jr.
stated on June 20, 2011 a rally at the Statehouse
"This governor has cut funding repeatedly for people who have AIDS, who need drugs to save their life."
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By Bill Wichert • July 8, 2011
Sandy Pasch
Sandy Pasch
stated on June 14, 2011 a news release
State Sen. Alberta Darling "voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending" while cutting programs such as education and health care
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 20, 2011
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