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Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on February 15, 2011 a committee hearing:
An illegal immigrant who gains admission at a public college takes class space away from students who are legal residents.
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By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on February 19, 2011 a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner.:
Under former President George W. Bush’s administration "while the population in that period grew by 10 percent, the number of jobs in the nation grew by 1 percent."
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By Sean Gorman • February 26, 2011
Mark Hass
Mark Hass
stated on February 8, 2011 a legislative hearing:
"Twelve percent of the garbage collected in those SOLV cleanups, by volume, is plastic bags."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • February 26, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 21, 2011 a news conference:
If public employees don’t pay more for benefits starting April 1, 2011, "the equivalent" is 1,500 state employee layoffs by June 30, 2011 and 10,000 to 12,000 state and local government employee layoffs in the next two years.
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By Tom Kertscher • February 25, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 13, 2011 a speech :
The richest 400 taxpayers are taxed at a lower rate than a $29,000-a-year worker
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 25, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on February 14, 2011 a tweet on Twitter:
"FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter"
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By Mark Naymik • February 24, 2011
Bill Posey
Bill Posey
stated on February 14, 2011 a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.:
"The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort..."
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By Laura Figueroa • February 23, 2011
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 20, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"The (Wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 22, 2011
Florida Department of Corrections worker
Florida Department of Corrections worker
stated on February 21, 2011 a question to Gov. Rick Scott.:
"State employees haven't received a raise in five or six years."
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 22, 2011
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
stated on February 14, 2011 an op-ed:
Sunday liquor sales could generate $3.4 million to $4.8 million a year in additional sales tax revenue for Georgia.
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By Eric Stirgus • February 22, 2011
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 19, 2011 a news release:
At protests in Wisconsin against proposed collective bargaining changes, "phony sick notes (were) passed out to excuse striking union members."
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By Tom Kertscher • February 21, 2011
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on February 4, 2011 an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM:
"75 percent of the jobs created in the state of Ohio are created in small business. They are not created by huge corporations and those who are very wealthy."
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By James McCarty • February 21, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on February 16, 2011 comment quoted in a column.:
"In Austin, I’ve got half-a-dozen or more schools on a list to be closed — one of which I presented a federal blue-ribbon award to for excellence. And several hundred school personnel on the list for possible terminations."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 19, 2011
Joe Negron
Joe Negron
stated on February 15, 2011 a Health and Human Services Appropriations committee meeting:
"For the last decade, funding in the health and human services budget has grown at twice the rate as other parts of the budget, and I think that context is important."
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By Laura Figueroa, John Bartosek • February 17, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 6, 2011 a newspaper column:
Says there are Ohio Turnpike workers getting paid $66,000 a year to collect tolls that machines might collect.
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By Reginald Fields • February 17, 2011
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on February 13, 2011 a comic strip:
Since Sept. 11, 2001, "270,000 Americans were killed by gunfire at home."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2011
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 3, 2011 an episode of The Daily Show:
Joe Straus is the "first Jewish speaker of the" Texas House.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 12, 2011
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 1, 2011 a press release:
Oregon families pay an extra $1,400 a year on higher insurance premiums to cover those who do not have insurance.
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By Charles Pope • February 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2011 a speech to the Chamber of Commerce:
"Today, American companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets."
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By Robert Farley • February 10, 2011
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on January 13, 2011 an interview.:
Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2011
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