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Chris Redfern
stated on February 15, 2012 a news release:

Says Mitt Romney supports a plan "to slowly and gradually raise the retirement age of Social Security."

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By Stephen Koff • February 22, 2012

George Allen
stated on February 6, 2012 an interview.:

The cost of a gas tank fill-up has risen $30 since Barack Obama became president.

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By Sean Gorman • February 20, 2012

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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By Tom Kertscher • February 20, 2012

John G. Edwards
stated on February 7, 2012 a radio interview:

"They're saying that 40 percent of the traffic that goes over [the Sakonnet River Bridge is from] out of state."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 20, 2012

Paul Sadler
stated on January 27, 2012 a post on his campaign's Facebook page:

Says in his years as a Texas legislator, "we passed three pay increases for teachers and provided them with health insurance."

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By Sue Owen • February 17, 2012

Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 speech at CPAC:

"We are poised to get rid of over 1,000 more regulations in 2012."

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By Katie Sanders • February 17, 2012

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

Kevin Cameron
stated on January 21, 2012 a news release:

Oregon House Republicans’ jobs plan could generate more than 50,000 jobs over five years.

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By Janie Har • February 11, 2012

Lincoln Chafee
stated on February 3, 2012 a news show:

"The commercial property tax [in Providence] is second highest in the country behind Detroit."

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By Alex Kuffner • February 10, 2012

Joe Biden
stated on February 6, 2012 a speech in Tallahassee:

"Nationwide tuition at public universities is up almost 300 percent ... in the last 20 years."

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By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2012

Committee for Our Children's Future
stated on January 31, 2012 a television ad:

Says Chris Christie "inherited the highest taxes in America and the worst unemployment in the region."

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By Erin O'Neill • February 8, 2012

Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 a television ad:

Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."

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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2012

Kitty Boitnott
stated on January 23, 2012 a news conference.:

Public education has been permanently cut "by $1.6 billion through changes in the Standards of Quality funding formula."

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By Sean Gorman • February 7, 2012

Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2012 a TV interview:

"No candidate has run more negative ads in American history than Barack Obama did in 2008, especially in the general.’’

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By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2012

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

Tom Leppert
stated on January 12, 2012 a U.S. Senate debate hosted by Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation:

Says "we brought crime rate down by 30 percent" when he was mayor of Dallas.

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By Sue Owen • February 3, 2012

Jim Whelan
stated on January 9, 2012 a speech on the state Senate floor:

"United States of America is twenty-sixth in school performance in the world."

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By Bill Wichert • February 3, 2012

Paul Ryan
stated on January 23, 2012 a news release:

Says U.S. Senate Democrats "have gone without any budget at all" for more than 1,000 days.

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By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2012

Casey Cagle
stated on January 19, 2012 a speech:

Savannah is home to "the fastest-growing port in the nation."

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By Eric Stirgus • January 31, 2012

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

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