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Linda Curtis
Linda Curtis
stated on March 4, 2010 a Web post
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's "concession speech came with less than 20 percent of the precincts having been counted."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2010
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 8, 2010 a New York Times article
"We are the only industrialized nation that relies heavily on a for-profit medical insurance industry to provide basic health care."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 3, 2010 a recorded phone message
"Individuals and small businesses will be hit by increases in health insurance premiums as high as 39 percent."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 11, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on February 21, 2010 a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
"When we started this health care debate a year ago, 85 percent of the American people had health insurance, and 95 percent of the 85 percent were happy with it."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on March 3, 2010 an interview on CNN's Larry King Live
Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 5, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 his State of the State address
"Our graduation rate is the highest it's ever been."
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By Lee Logan • March 3, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 28, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
The Democrats' health care bills would end "the denial of ... coverage to those who have a pre-existing condition," while the Republican bill would not.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on February 26, 2010 a press release
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson "compared a former vice president to a vampire ... and compared America's health care system to the Holocaust."
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By Aaron Sharockman • March 2, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on February 20, 2010 a statement on his Web site
Florida "has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation."
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By Lukas Pleva • March 2, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on February 28, 2010 a roundtable segment on NBC's Meet the Press
"The Republicans have repeatedly said that they agree with 80 percent of what's in our bill."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 24, 2010 a radio ad
Gov. Rick Perry "spent over a million dollars on D.C. lobbyists asking for more federal money and lives in a luxury house that costs taxpayers $10,000 a month."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 1, 2010
Charles Boustany
Charles Boustany
stated on February 25, 2010 a comment at the president's health care reform summit
The CBO found that the House Republican health care plan would lower premiums by "up to about 10 percent" and, for purchasers in the individual market, "those cost savings could even be higher."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on February 23, 2010 a television advertisement
"As bank president, Alex Sink eliminated thousands of Florida jobs while taking over $8 million in salary and bonuses."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on February 20, 2010 an interview on Fox News
"One of the most recent polls said 75 percent of the American people have said either don't do anything or start over (on health care reform)."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 23, 2010
Margaret Gomez
Margaret Gomez
stated on February 15, 2010 a campaign flier.
Says she "stopped Capital Metro from raising fares for senior and disabled citizens."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 22, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 17, 2010 a press release
"$100,000 in stimulus funds (were) used for a Martini Bar and Brazilian Steakhouse."
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By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 17, 2010 an op-ed in 'USA Today'
"In the three months before the act took effect, America lost 750,000 jobs a month. In the last three months, we've lost about 35,000 jobs a month."
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By Catharine Richert • February 17, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 11, 2010 a press release
Despite touting the economic stimulus as a great triumph, "The very same report, however, notes that unemployment will average 10 percent for the rest of the year."
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By Robert Farley • February 12, 2010
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on February 3, 2010 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
One-third of the economic stimulus package was tax cuts.
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By Catharine Richert • February 10, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 31, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
The Senate-passed health care bill "is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2010
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