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Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on May 26, 2011 a YouTube video
"When I became president and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, it was supposed to go bankrupt . . . We turned it around with common-sense business principles."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Out of 150,000 tenured teachers in the last 10 years, only 17 have been dismissed for incompetence.
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By Bill Wichert • June 10, 2011
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on May 14, 2011 a newspaper column
"Kasich’s budget increases state spending from $50.5 billion to $55.6 billion. This is the second largest, two-year spending increase in Ohio history."
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By Reginald Fields • June 9, 2011
Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney
stated on June 2, 2011 a press release
"For every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved."
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By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2011
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
stated on May 31, 2011 a press release
Assaults on Wisconsin law enforcement officers are up 224 percent statewide since 2005
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 8, 2011
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Over the last 15 months, we've added more than 2 million jobs in the private sector. That's far in excess of what it was in the comparable period after the last recession."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2011
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Manufacturing is having its best employment year in almost 15 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2011
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on June 16, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.
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By Charles Pope • June 4, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on May 13, 2011 a TV interview.
Virginia is "headed towards another surplus this year, unlike most states."
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By Jacob Geiger • June 4, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on May 29, 2011 a filibuster.
Says "for the first time ever," Texas lawmakers are not funding student population growth.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2011
Texas House Democratic Caucus
Texas House Democratic Caucus
stated on May 18, 2011 a press release
"Some neighborhood schools are closing."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 2, 2011
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on May 18, 2011 a speech
"Annual water usage in 2010 was actually down more than 18 percent from usage in 2006."
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By Eric Stirgus • June 1, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on May 23, 2011 a tweet
"Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression."  
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By Amy Sherman • May 30, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 a press gaggle
Says the Obama Administration has fulfilled all of Texas’ requests for fire management assisting grants.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 30, 2011
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 12, 2011 a Texas Tribune interview
Says the Obama administration approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma in 2009, when nine of the state’s 77 counties burned for "about three days," while Texas wildfires have been burning for longer without such a declaration.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 30, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on May 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"We are in the bottom 10 in dollars in the classroom and the top 10 in dollars in the bureaucracy and red tape."
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By Reginald Fields • May 30, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 26, 2011 announcing $615 million in budget vetoes.
Says he vetoed $250,000 from the budget for a program to learn how to catch rainwater.
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 20, 2011 a press conference
Says the United States is "the Saudi Arabia of coal."
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By Eric Stirgus • May 27, 2011
The Agenda Project
The Agenda Project
stated on May 17, 2011 an advertisement
The Paul Ryan budget proposal would "privatize Medicare."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on May 21, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential run
The U.S. has "47 million people on food stamps. That’s 14 million more than when the current occupant of the White House took over."
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By Willoughby Mariano • May 24, 2011
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