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Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 24, 2011 a round table discussion on Meet the Press
Says more than eight countries lead the United States in the percentage of college graduates.  
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By Bill Wichert • August 3, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 1, 2011 a message on Twitter
"There are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. Period."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 2, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on July 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Social Security didn’t cause the debt crisis. Social Security had nothing to do with the debt crisis."
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By Tom Feran • August 2, 2011
Steven Goldstein
Steven Goldstein
stated on July 24, 2011 an opinion column in The Star-Ledger
"Polls now show a majority of Catholics favor marriage equality."
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By Erin O'Neill • July 31, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 24, 2011 a statement from the campaign
Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on July 24, 2011 a prepared statement
Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2011
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on July 6, 2011 a press release
"Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts."
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By Bill Thompson • July 26, 2011
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on July 24, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Most countries have no debt ceiling."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2011
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on July 10, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference
"The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2011 an interview on NPR
Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Mike Males
Mike Males
stated on June 13, 2011 an article
"There’s pretty much no question that [the curfew ordinances] aren’t effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people."
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By Chris Joyner • July 22, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"We jumped 11 places since beginning this year in terms of being job-friendly."
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By Tom Feran • July 21, 2011
Richard Codey
Richard Codey
stated on July 13, 2011 an interview on Hannity on Fox News
"Every president has raised the debt ceiling."  
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By Bill Wichert • July 21, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 17, 2011 interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression."
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By Katie Sanders • July 19, 2011
David Sciarra
David Sciarra
stated on May 19, 2011 a Star-Ledger column
"By any measure, New Jersey has one of the most segregated school systems in the country."  
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By Caryn Shinske • July 17, 2011
Josh Treviño
Josh Treviño
stated on July 13, 2011 a TV appearance.
Says recent polls show Americans agree with Republicans that the federal debt ceiling should not be raised and the debt and deficit should be dealt with mostly by cutting spending.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 16, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 a press conference
"Eighty percent of the American people support an approach (to federal budget problems) that includes revenues and includes cuts."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking."  
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By Aaron Marshall • July 14, 2011
Oregon Education Association
Oregon Education Association
stated on July 1, 2011 a blog posting
House Bill 2301 never had a public hearing
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By Janie Har • July 14, 2011
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 6, 2011 an interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin
Says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime
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By Erin O'Neill • July 14, 2011
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