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Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 12, 2010 in a KLRU interview:
"Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • December 5, 2010
Donald Carcieri
Donald Carcieri
stated on November 8, 2010 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
Measures taken by my administration "have saved taxpayers $1 billion."
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By Edward Fitzpatrick • December 5, 2010
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on November 15, 2010 in a speech.:
Says more than $3.5 billion in state revenue that is supposed to be dedicated to basic needs and functions is being diverted to "make the books look balanced."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2010
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on November 27, 2010 in an appearance on WPRI-12's Newsmakers:
Providence teachers "can go five or six years without an evaluation."
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By Cynthia Needham • December 3, 2010
Oregon Healthy Kids
Oregon Healthy Kids
stated on November 22, 2010 in a billboard:
"No family earns too much to qualify" for Oregon Healthy Kids program.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • December 1, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on November 28, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero."
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By Robert Farley • November 30, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.:
"The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."
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By Aaron Sharockman • November 30, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 3, 2010 in a news conference:
"Ohio ranks 46th in the country in putting dollars in the classroom."
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By Reginald Fields • November 30, 2010
Mike Fasano
Mike Fasano
stated on November 23, 2010 in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times:
"Seven more people will die each and every day until the Legislature ratifies these (pain clinic) rules that are being approved by the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health."
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By Lee Logan • November 24, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on November 11, 2010 in a news release:
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
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By Stephen Koff • November 22, 2010
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 17, 2010 in a news release:
"Because of (U.S. Sen.-elect Ron) Johnson’s leadership, Senate Republicans adopted a caucus ban on earmarks."
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 22, 2010
Richard Lugar
Richard Lugar
stated on November 16, 2010 in a prepared statement:
"Eliminating earmarks does not reduce spending."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2010
Art Acevedo
Art Acevedo
stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview.:
Texas leads "the country in drunk driving fatalities."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 2, 2010 in a TV interview:
"We’ve been able to create about 60,000 net new jobs" in Virginia since February.
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By Warren Fiske • November 17, 2010
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on November 2, 2010 in a post-election interview.:
"This is the first time a party has picked up multiple seats during a regular election since the mid 1980s, making this the largest majority of any party in more than 25 years."
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By Laura Figueroa • November 16, 2010
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on November 11, 2010 in n Op/Ed in The Financial Times:
$65 billion "would be added to the deficit if we keep the cuts for people on the highest incomes."
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By Wes Hester • November 14, 2010
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show":
"My debt to GDP was the lowest or one of the lowest of modern presidents. My taxes to GDP was the lowest and my spending to GDP" was too.
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By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 2, 2010 in a TV interview:
Has created 60,000 net new jobs since taking office.
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By Warren Fiske • November 12, 2010
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on November 3, 2010 in a news release:
"It is a commitment voters take very seriously: The only incumbent in Ohio to break his Pledge and vote for Ted Strickland's income tax hike was defeated soundly on Tuesday."
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By Aaron Marshall • November 12, 2010
Allen Alley
Allen Alley
stated on November 8, 2010 in a website:
Oregon’s budget has grown by 49 percent in just four years.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • November 12, 2010
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