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Kathie Tovo
Kathie Tovo
stated on May 1, 2011 “Voters Guide,” League of Women Voters of the Austin Area.
"Austin Energy is considering its first rate increase since 1994."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2011
Texans for Economic Development
Texans for Economic Development
stated on April 19, 2011 a web banner ad.
"Texans spend $2.5 billion gambling in our neighboring states every year."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2011 an interview
"Gov. (Rick) Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 24, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 12, 2011 an episode of The Rachel Maddow Show.
Says Texas routinely gets "a lot more federal spending" than it pays in taxes.
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April 22, 2011
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 31, 2011 remarks on the House floor
"Ninety percent of Texans say they do not want the nursing homes to close. It polls higher than anything else."
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April 2, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 9, 2011 a comment to reporters.
Says a "rather extraordinary amount of non-classroom employees" were added by Texas school districts over the last decade.
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 21, 2011
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on CNN
Says Texas colleges and universities may opt to allow guns on campuses.
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March 17, 2011
Carol Alvarado
Carol Alvarado
stated on March 2, 2011 remarks on the House floor
Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.
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March 10, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on February 16, 2011 a New York Times column
Texas "ranks third in teen pregnancies... and it is No. 1 in repeat teen pregnancies."
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March 7, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on February 16, 2011 comment quoted in a column.
"In Austin, I’ve got half-a-dozen or more schools on a list to be closed — one of which I presented a federal blue-ribbon award to for excellence. And several hundred school personnel on the list for possible terminations."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 19, 2011
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 3, 2011 an episode of The Daily Show
Joe Straus is the "first Jewish speaker of the" Texas House.
Mostly True
February 12, 2011
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 an interview.
Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on January 7, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 2, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 19, 2011 a press release
Says Texas ranks 44th nationally in education funding per pupil.
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January 31, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 6, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2011
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on December 29, 2010 an op-ed
"On average, Americans spend less than 10 percent of their disposable income on food. Compare that to folks in Mexico, who spend 22 percent, China, 28 percent and Russia, 37 percent."
Mostly True
January 15, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 12, 2010 an interview.
"The richest 1 percent of America will get a bigger tax cut through this bill than the family income of the average family here in Central Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 7, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 4, 2010 an interview.
"In 1981, Matagorda, Brazoria, and Galveston Counties all opted out of the Social Security program for their employees. Today, their program is very, very well-funded and there is no question about whether it’s going to be funded in" years to come.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 29, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on November 30, 2010 an op-ed
Once people become citizens under the DREAM Act "and turn 21, they can sponsor their illegal immigrant parents for legalization."
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December 20, 2010
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 12, 2010 a KLRU interview
"Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before."
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December 5, 2010
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