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David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on December 25, 2011 in an appearance on WPRI's Newsmakers:
"I think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent" when it came to contributing to the Providence pension fund.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 30, 2011 in a congressional hearing:
"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."
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By Tom Feran • January 4, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 2, 2012 in an online video:
Says Rick Santorum voted for the Bridge to Nowhere.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 20, 2011 in a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.:
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
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By Jake Berry • December 28, 2011
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 27, 2011 in a news show:
"We have one of the highest percentages per capita of nonprofits in this state of any state in the union."
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By Alex Kuffner • December 25, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 in an Iowa TV ad.:
Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2011
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on December 12, 2011 in a letter:
"[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines."
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By Eric Stirgus • December 21, 2011
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on December 12, 2011 in a speech:
Says Oregon canned blueberries will be cheaper in South Korea thanks to a trade agreement.
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By Janie Har • December 20, 2011
Creative Advocacy Network
Creative Advocacy Network
stated on December 1, 2011 in a tweet:
Says 77 percent "of Portland's students finish elementary school without taking even one art class."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • December 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."
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By Molly Moorhead • December 16, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 in a Web video.:
"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."
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By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011
Julia Sass Rubin
Julia Sass Rubin
stated on December 3, 2011 in an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show:
"(The Opportunity Scholarship Act) would be funded directly from public school budgets. So it would absolutely take money out of the public school system to transfer to private and religious schools."
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By Bill Wichert • December 15, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 18, 2011 in a speech at Notre Dame's law school:
"They say teachers only make on average in New Jersey 60,000 dollars a year. They only work 180 days."
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By Caryn Shinske • December 12, 2011
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on December 5, 2011 in an email blast.:
More Hispanics "have been elected statewide (in Texas) on the Republican ticket than on the Democratic ticket."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 12, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 in 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
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on December 1, 2011 in a campaign announcement video:
Says that as Wisconsin governor, "we ended welfare."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2011
Ohio Right to Life
Ohio Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2011 in a news release:
"Ohio’s Planned Parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011."
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By Joe Guillen • December 9, 2011
Thomas Brown
Thomas Brown
stated on November 7, 2011 in an interview:
"Most of, if not all of, the [DeKalb school construction] projects always came in on or were under budget."
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By Eric Stirgus • December 6, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 14, 2011 in a news conference.:
The U.S. economy "is three times as big as China's."
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By Sean Gorman • December 5, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show":
In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2011
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