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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2011 comments to employees at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.:
Says Florida's pension plan faces the same long-term funding problems as Social Security.
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 25, 2011
Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on February 1, 2011 a town hall meeting:
One half of federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while the other half goes to other programs funded with money "borrowed from a foreign land."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 25, 2011
David Raynor
David Raynor
stated on February 8, 2011 a state legislative committee meeting:
A federal system that verifies employees are authorized to work in the U.S. is inaccurate "anywhere from 50 percent all the way up to in excess of 80" percent of the time.  
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By Willoughby Mariano • February 23, 2011
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference.:
Says that in some Texas communities, "our unemployment rate is still at 10 and 20 percent."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2011
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 17, 2011 a news release:
Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average."
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By Stephen Koff • February 22, 2011
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 20, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"The  firefighters, the policemen and others who supported (Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker) in his election bid ... don't have to worry about their collective bargaining rights."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 21, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 11, 2011:
The federal government regulates the holes in Swiss cheese.
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By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 a book:
Says some in Congress are trying "to create a separate government for those with a drop of Native Hawaiian blood."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 20, 2011
Susan Sosnowski
Susan Sosnowski
stated on February 3, 2011 a news release:
"Lyme disease is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the United States, and Rhode Island has the second-highest incidence of this disease in the country."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 20, 2011
Wesley Smith
Wesley Smith
stated on January 31, 2011 an article in the Weekly Standard:
Oregon Health Plan rations "covered procedures under certain circumstances"
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By Ian K. Kullgren • February 19, 2011
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Federation for American Immigration Reform
stated on July 1, 2010 a report:
Illegal immigration costs Georgia $2.4 billion a year
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By Eric Stirgus • February 18, 2011
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on February 16, 2011 reaction to Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to kill the high-speed rail project.:
"The Constitution doesn't allow the governor to not-spend appropriations funds."
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 18, 2011
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
stated on February 17, 2011 a television ad:
For thousands of public employees, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill would "take away any say they have in the workplace, and eliminate their union."
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 17, 2011
Michelle Rhee
Michelle Rhee
stated on February 9, 2011 talking to Florida legislators.:
Americans, in the last 30 years, "have more than doubled the amount of money we are spending per child (on education) … and the results have gotten worse, not better."
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 17, 2011
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on February 8, 2011 an episode of The View:
In Texas, "sexting is a felony sex offense for teenagers — that can mean up to 10 years in prison."
Half-True
February 17, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 14, 2011 a speech:
The White House budget plan will bring domestic discretionary spending to its lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.
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By Robert Farley • February 16, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 16, 2011 comments announcing Florida would reject federal dollars for a Tampa-Orlando high-speed rail line.:
"It is projected that 3.07 million people will use the train annually. Keep in mind that Amtrak's Acela train in Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore only had 3.2 million riders in 2010."
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 16, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 13, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
The Obama administration "actually cut out the democracy in Egypt funds inside the State Department."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 20, 2011 a speech to the Heritage Foundation:
"Our debt to GDP ratios, our deficit to GDP ratios are quickly approaching the countries we have been reading about for the last year and a half. We are not far behind Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain and all these countries we have been reading about."
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By Sabrina Eaton • February 16, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on February 11, 2011 an interview:
The United States is "the only developed country in the world that has not cut its corporate tax rate."
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By Eric Stirgus • February 15, 2011
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