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Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on April 14, 2012 a speech to a national meeting of the National Rifle Association
"By the time I finish this speech, two Americans will be slain, six women will be raped, 27 of us will be robbed, and 50 more will be beaten."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 11, 2012 a campaign event.
The "Buffett rule" "raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year."
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By Alex Kuffner • April 15, 2012
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2012 remarks to the press
"It's the first time in the nation this many members have been drawn (by a Legislature) into the same districts where it wasn't a court order."
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By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 9, 2012 an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "froze all those monies during the toughest years in ‘08-’09" and "refused to give the charitable dollars that he was required to give by the contract."
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By Bill Wichert • April 12, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on March 10, 2012 a candidates' forum.
Says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • April 10, 2012
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on April 4, 2012 a press conference
"Lean, finely textured beef is the proper name [not pink slime], and it is a safe, widely used product."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2012 a TV ad.
 "Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."  
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By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • April 9, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 27, 2012 a press release
"As the usage [of synthetic marijuana] has dramatically increased, instances of violence, bodily harm and even death have risen with it."
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 9, 2012
James Durkan
James Durkan
stated on April 6, 2012 a statement on his campaign website.
Adding ethanol to gas "raises food costs."
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By Michael Collins • April 6, 2012
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on March 31, 2012 an email blast.
Says Jeff Wentworth was the only Republican to vote against the Texas measure requiring women to have a sonogram before receiving an abortion.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 3, 2012 remarks to the Newspaper Association of America
Says Ronald Reagan "understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2012
Donald Verrilli
Donald Verrilli
stated on March 27, 2012 a Supreme Court hearing on health care law
Says when New Jersey adopted guaranteed coverage and cost provisions without a mandate individual health insurance market rates "doubled or tripled" and enrollment dropped from 180,000 people to 80,000 people.
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By Erin O'Neill • April 4, 2012
Scott Lingamfelter
Scott Lingamfelter
stated on February 22, 2012 a news release.
Tim Kaine "reduced higher education funding by 25 percent when he was governor, driving up tuition..."
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By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on March 5, 2012 an op-ed column.
In "the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 4, 2012
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on March 27, 2012 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
"We have the lowest per-capita spending of any state in the nation" except for South Dakota.
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 3, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 26, 2012 a radio interview
"Last year, we produced 14 percent less oil on public lands than we did the year before."
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By Stephen Koff • April 2, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 26, 2012 an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report"
"Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 29, 2012
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on February 27, 2012 a speech at Rider University
Says "New Jersey has the most educated population of all the states in this country."
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By Bill Wichert • March 23, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 29, 2012 a House of Representatives floor speech
Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.
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By Sabrina Eaton • March 22, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on March 11, 2012 a TV interview.
"This bill allows Virginia to join about 23 other states that have an ultrasound procedure" before an abortion.
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By Nancy Madsen • March 21, 2012
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