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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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview on Super Bowl Sunday
"I lowered taxes over the last two years."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on February 2, 2011 a floor speech.
The military has spent $500 million enforcing the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military. 
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By Jacob Geiger • February 7, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters and editors
"All the money the Department of Citrus has is paid for by the citrus growers. You don't save dollars by eliminating the Department of Citrus."
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By Amy Sherman • February 4, 2011
General Beauregard Lee
General Beauregard Lee
stated on February 2, 2011 his website
Says he predicts the weather better than Punxsutawney Phil.
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By Willoughby Mariano • February 4, 2011
Lorraine Fende
Lorraine Fende
stated on January 17, 2011 an interview with The Columbus Dispatch
Says that in Ohio "right now, you could be 8½ months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason."
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By Joe Guillen • February 4, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 21, 2011 HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"From 1980 to 1990, the top 1 percent saw their income go up by roughly 80 percent" while "the median wage in the country over (the same) 10 years went up 3 percent."
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By Robert Farley • February 3, 2011
Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters
"The two worst counties for (Medicaid) fraud in the country -- not state -- are Dade and Broward county."
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By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on January 7, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 2, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 25, 2011 an e-mail
Says his state budget will "provide an increase in state funding for the 2011-12 school year."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • February 2, 2011
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 19, 2011 a press release
Says Texas ranks 44th nationally in education funding per pupil.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2011
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