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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
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
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