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Randi Shade
Randi Shade
stated on May 17, 2011 a press release.
"The turnout on May 14th was just 7 percent -- the lowest turnout in decades."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 9, 2011 an article in Politico
"A gallon (of gasoline) delivered to the front lines for our troops in Afghanistan cost more than $400."
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By Sabrina Eaton • May 23, 2011
Michael McAuliff
Michael McAuliff
stated on May 17, 2011 website article
"Tommy Thompson wanted to implant data chips in humans."
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By Tom Kertscher • May 22, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on May 5, 2011 a presidential debate
"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 16, 2011 a speech in Chicago
On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2011
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on May 4, 2011 a radio interview
"The Ohio Democratic Party has raised $1.1 million since the November election. A very small percentage of that has come from organized labor."
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By Mark Naymik • May 17, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 10, 2011 a fundraising letter
"Eighty-seven percent of private insurance plans currently include (abortion) coverage."
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By Tom Feran • May 16, 2011
John Whitmire
John Whitmire
stated on May 3, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 16, 2011
Steve Ogden
Steve Ogden
stated on April 5, 2011 comments to reporters on Texas Senate floor
Says businesses "already pay most of the taxes."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 15, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2011 a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.
Says Rick Perry "turned down our invitation to meet" President Barack Obama in El Paso.
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on May 10, 2011 a Web ad
"(Bill) Nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the Bridge to Nowhere."
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By Robert Farley • May 12, 2011
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on April 18, 2011 a news release and report
"Two-thirds of Wisconsin corporations don't pay state income taxes."
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2011
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 9, 2011 a press release.
The "six largest cities in Ohio all have higher rates of violence and crime than every major city along the U.S.-Mexico border."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2011
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
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 5, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on May 5, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
"We have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2011
Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl
stated on April 28, 2011 remarks to reporters
"I’ve been through four campaigns and have not done any negative campaigning."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 6, 2011
David Wu
David Wu
stated on April 15, 2011 a press release
House Republican plan would increase costs for Oregon seniors by $6,000 with health care vouchers instead of Medicare
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By Charles Pope • May 6, 2011
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on March 29, 2011 a video posted to YouTube
The federal debt is more than $14 trillion, "almost equal to the size of our entire economy," and "every child born today inherits a $45,000 share of the national debt before they take their first breath."
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By Sabrina Eaton • May 5, 2011
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on May 3, 2011 a House floor speech
"America owns 3 percent of the world’s oil but consumes 25 percent of its global reserves."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2011
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