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William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on May 29, 2011 an appearance on the Ohio News Network
Says the Ohio Consumers’ Council office employs 74 lawyers and that the funding them is wasteful duplication.
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By Joe Guillen • June 7, 2011
Jeff Kruse
Jeff Kruse
stated on May 25, 2011 on the Oregon Senate floor
Michigan and Massachusetts raised their bottle deposit and "could no longer afford the program because the redemptions were so high there was no profit in there."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • June 6, 2011
John Tassoni Jr.
John Tassoni Jr.
stated on May 19, 2011 a news release
The Central Falls School system "spent $100,000 on a time clock."
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By Richard Salit • June 5, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential campaign
"A few months into office, (President Barack Obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for America."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox
"We're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the gulf."
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By Robert Farley • June 3, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential campaign
"We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 an e-mail news release
Says that PolitiFact Ohio confirms that Betty Sutton "maxed out federal debt"
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By Stephen Koff • June 1, 2011
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on May 28, 2011 a speech.
House Republicans required the use of Styrofoam cups in House cafeterias that are "part of Koch Industries."
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By Wes Hester • June 1, 2011
Rob Eissler
Rob Eissler
stated on May 23, 2011 remarks on the House floor
"Obesity kills 34 children per hour."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 31, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a message via the Internet
Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 29, 2011
Evan Longoria
Evan Longoria
stated on May 19, 2011 comments to reporters.
Says his barehanded catch posted on YouTube is real.
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 24, 2011
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 18, 2011 a Web ad
"Unions don’t have to comply with Obamacare."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
Next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs."
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By Robert Farley • May 20, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
"The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs."
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By Robert Farley • May 20, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 3, 2011 a chart posted on her Flickr account
Promotes a chart saying that Barack Obama has "increased the debt" by 16 percent, compared to George W. Bush, who increased it by 115 percent.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2011
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 7, 2011 a speech.
"The $1.8 billion in [transportation] bonding, we don’t have a repayment mechanism."
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By Jacob Geiger • May 18, 2011
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 7, 2011 Atlanta Press Club speech
"Very, very, very few people get a pat-down" when they go through airport security.
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By Willoughby Mariano • May 17, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2011 a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.
President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2011
Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on April 29, 2011 a television interview
"The people of Rhode Island don't want same-sex marriage."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2011
Rick Hardcastle
Rick Hardcastle
stated on April 28, 2011 remarks on the House floor
Benzene has "never been proven to be harmful."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 7, 2011
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