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David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics
"The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."
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By John Gregg • October 5, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on September 15, 2011 a news conference
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."
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By Aaron Marshall • October 5, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on September 14, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
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By Sabrina Eaton • October 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech
"My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2011
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2011 a campaign video.
Says David Dewhurst skipped nine candidate forums after announcing his U.S. Senate candidacy.
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By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • October 3, 2011
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on September 23, 2011 a House floor speech
Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."
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By Charles Pope • October 3, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 15, 2011 an op-ed
"If our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today."
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By Willoughby Mariano • October 3, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on September 26, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
"President Obama has declared disasters in 48 of 50 states this year."
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By Molly Moorhead • September 30, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.
Says that illegal immigrants get a $100,000 break on University of Texas tuition over four years.
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By Sue Owen • September 28, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 2, 2011 a press conference at Point Pleasant Beach
"The water quality in the ocean is perfect. It’s been tested up and down every ocean shore in New Jersey."
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By Caryn Shinske • September 25, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 14, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Says the Panhandle has had its highest-ever bed tax collections in 2011.
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By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on September 19, 2011 on "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2011
Jersey Central Power & Light
Jersey Central Power & Light
stated on September 7, 2011 an advertisement
Hurricane "Irene was the second-largest storm to hit North America in terms of power outages -- and the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1904."  
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By Caryn Shinske • September 16, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 1, 2011 an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."
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By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on September 8, 2011 a column
Mitt Romney "drove to Canada with the family dog Seamus strapped to the roof of the car."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 12, 2011 an interview before the CNN/Tea Party Express GOP debate in Tampa
"In terms of the wealthiest Americans, we're at the lowest tax rate since the 1950s."
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By Aaron Sharockman • September 13, 2011
Dan Ramos
Dan Ramos
stated on August 13, 2011 a newspaper column
"Gov. Kasich and the Republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state."
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By Tom Feran • September 13, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
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