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Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools
stated on June 11, 2012 a guest column:
Say Portland Public Schools' central administration makes up less than 4 percent of the staff.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • June 15, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 6, 2012 a fundraising letter.:
Virginia women earn "only 79 cents to each dollar earned by men..."
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By Nancy Madsen • June 15, 2012
Stephen Simpson
Stephen Simpson
stated on June 6, 2012 an article:
U.S. Rep. Paul Broun has not authored any legislation that has been adopted by Congress.
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By Eric Stirgus • June 15, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 3, 2012 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press.":
"Giving the facts:  73,000 jobs created ... since '11.  Do you know how many direct jobs in the auto industry?  1,800."
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By Reginald Fields • June 13, 2012
Samuel Wurzelbacher
Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on June 4, 2012 a campaign video:
"Marcy Kaptur voted against a ban which would have prevented the aborting of a baby girl for the sole reason that she's a girl."
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By Tom Feran • June 12, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 3, 2012 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press.":
"When I started in Ohio it was terrible. Now, we’re getting bipartisan support for our bills. And that’s called leadership."
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By Aaron Marshall • June 11, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 30, 2012 a memo to the media:
Says "Tommy Thompson's tax plan amounts to an average tax cut of almost $87,000 for the top 1 percent."
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By Tom Kertscher • June 10, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 2, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:
"It took us four years to balance the budget. Then I gave you four surplus budgets for the first time in more than 70 years, paid $600 billion down on the national debt."
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By Bill Wichert • June 8, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says he "cut the budget."
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By Tom Feran • June 6, 2012
John Charles
John Charles
stated on May 16, 2012 a blog post.:
Says "TriMet now spends $1.63 in benefits for every $1.00 spent on wages."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • June 5, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 a news release:
Rob Portman won the fewest votes of all Ohio U. S. Senate victors since 2000.
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By Stephen Koff • June 5, 2012
Caroline Casagrande
Caroline Casagrande
stated on April 29, 2012 an interview on My9TV.com's "New Jersey Now" program:
"Women have come through the recession worse off than men … the numbers bear that out. We went from a 7 percent unemployment rate for women when he (President Barack Obama) was elected to an 8.1 percent now."
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By Caryn Shinske • June 4, 2012
Ron Gerberry
Ron Gerberry
stated on April 17, 2012 a news conference:
The last three days of early voting "happen to be the most populated days of voting that we have in early voting."
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By Joe Guillen • June 4, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2012 a recall debate:
"We’ve seen property taxes go down for the first time in 12 years on a median valued home."
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 1, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 22, 2012 a speech at Keene State College:
Says in the last six months of the Bush administration, the U.S. lost 3.5 million jobs, including 760,000 jobs during January 2009 alone.
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By Jake Berry • June 1, 2012
stated on May 25, 2012 a debate:
To help balance the 2011-13 budget, Gov. Scott Walker used "a credit card" approach that "pushed over $500 million in debt onto our children and our grandchildren" costing state taxpayers "more than $150 million in interest."
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By James B. Nelson • May 31, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says he "earned the highest possible credit ratings as state treasurer."
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By Tom Feran • May 31, 2012
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on May 11, 2012 an interview:
Access for 12,000 women to use Planned Parenthood -- "not for the right to choose," but for "basic health care" -- was "taken away" by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.
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By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on May 9, 2012 a floor speech.:
"According to ATF data, 70 percent of firearms recovered and traced in drug cartel crimes in Mexico originated from the United States."
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By Nancy Madsen • May 29, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 16, 2012 a television ad:
Says Obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
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By Molly Moorhead • May 25, 2012
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