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Lisa Hamler-Fugitt
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt
stated on June 1, 2011 testimony before a House subcommittee:
"Ohio currently ranks 50th out of all states in income growth."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • July 7, 2011
United for a Fair Economy
United for a Fair Economy
stated on June 7, 2011 a chart:
From 1947 to 1979, family incomes for rich, middle-income and poor Americans grew about the same rate. But since 1979, incomes for rich families have grown much faster.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:
"You see a whole bunch of Korean cars here in the United States, and you don't see any American cars in Korea."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on June 20, 2011 an interview:
Says the 2011-13 state budget eliminates the structural deficit "for the first time in decades."
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By James B. Nelson • July 3, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 17, 2011 a statement:
"Since I took office, we’ve created 76,800 jobs."
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By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:
"If you're a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they've been since the 1950s."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 27, 2011 several speeches and interviews:
Says President Barack Obama said that if he doesn’t turn the economy around after three years in office, he’ll be a one-term president.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 22, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
"On the day of the New Hampshire primary in 1980, the top 13 people of Ronald Reagan’s staff quit."
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 29, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview on Fox News:
"For every dollar we invest in Head Start, we get $5 to $7 back into our economy."
Mostly True
By James Ewinger • June 29, 2011
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on June 2, 2011 a fundraising appeal.:
Gov. Bob McDonnell launched a "raid on public education to pay for roads."
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By Jacob Geiger • June 28, 2011
Charles Odimgbe
Charles Odimgbe
stated on June 20, 2011 a meeting of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority board :
"We are one of the most expensive [bus] rides in New England."
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By Richard Salit • June 28, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on June 20, 2011 a Fox News interview:
In the first 24 to 36 hours of the operation in Libya, "you saw $115 million go downrange because a Tomahawk cruise missile is a little over $1 million each."
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By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 13, 2011 in a radio ad:
"Vern Buchanan. His old business was caught illegally funneling over $60,000 in campaign donations to Buchanan to influence his election."
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By Becky Bowers • June 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM :
Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year.
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 24, 2011
Nina Perales
Nina Perales
stated on May 31, 2011 a press release.:
Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2011
Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz
stated on April 18, 2011 a forum on the state budget:
"Most of the state budget isn't for state government doing things. ... 85 percent of the state budget is transferred to local communities for delivery of service."
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By Tom Feran • June 22, 2011
Sandy Pasch
Sandy Pasch
stated on June 14, 2011 a news release:
State Sen. Alberta Darling "voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending" while cutting programs such as education and health care
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 20, 2011
Judith Zaffirini
Judith Zaffirini
stated on May 25, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor:
Says 11 percent of the nation’s fatal car crashes in 2009 were attributed to distracted driving.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • June 20, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech.:
"The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world."
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By Sean Gorman • June 18, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on April 19, 2011 a press release:
"Creating 25 jobs in Umatilla County has the same impact as 500 jobs in the metro region."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • June 17, 2011
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