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Alfredo Gutierrez
Alfredo Gutierrez
stated on April 26, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's Hardball
The new Arizona immigration law "says that any police officer can stop anyone who appears to them to be reasonably suspicious of being an undocumented person."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on April 25, 2010 a panel discussion on ABC This Week
 "What the Arizona law does is make a state crime out of something that already is... a federal crime."
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By Catharine Richert • April 28, 2010
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
stated on April 22, 2010 announcing his campaign for the U.S. House.
Gov. Lawton Chiles said "if I were to become ... become speaker of the House it would be (his) worst nightmare."
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 27, 2010
Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on April 25, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week
The Banking Committee voted a 1,336-page bill "out of committee in 21 minutes with no amendments, with the understanding that before the bill came to the floor, we would reach this bipartisan agreement."
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By Catharine Richert • April 25, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 15, 2010 an interview
Says he said last year there's "absolutely no reason" for Texas to secede.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2010
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on April 8, 2010 a letter posted on his campaign Web site.
Florida teachers are "already paid $5,000 below the national average."
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By Lukas Pleva • April 19, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on April 14, 2010 a speech at a Tea Party rally in Boston
"Americans now spend 100 days out of the year working for government before we even start working for ourselves."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2010
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."
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By Robert Farley • April 12, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on March 25, 2010 a news release
"Florida Statutes require (Attorney General Bill) McCollum to consult with members of Florida's Congressional delegation" before filing a lawsuit against the health care reform law.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2010
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on April 9, 2010 her campaign Web site.
Says she introduced a ban on "dirty dancing."
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By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2010
Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on April 1, 2010 an op ed article
"The most private question on this year’s form asks for an individual’s race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-President George Washington."
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By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010
Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on March 29, 2010 a press release
"This census is also the shortest and least intrusive count in modern history."
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By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on April 2, 2010 a television advertisement.
The proposed education changes "will not cut one teacher's pay."
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 7, 2010
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
stated on April 4, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
On financial reform, there is "a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (The) industry has four lobbyists per member of the House and Senate working on this."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 7, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 30, 2010 an interview on NBC's Today show
"A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2010
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on March 23, 2010 comments to reporters
"The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff."
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By Catharine Richert • March 26, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 7, 2010 a Fox News Sunday interview
"Hospitals, doctors, MRIs, surgeries and so forth are more extensively used and far more expensive in this country than they are in many other countries.''
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By Alex Holt • March 22, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 his autobiography
"Rick Perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, David Weeks, and I talked him into switching parties and running for the GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 17, 2010 a news release
Rubio admitted he "would have accepted the stimulus money."
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By Lukas Pleva • March 16, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on March 12, 2010 an e-mail blast
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that the Democrats have to pass their terrible health care bill so that the American people can actually find out what's in it."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2010
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