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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 14, 2010 a speech to House Democrats.:
"The Washington Times ... pointed out that we had succeeded where previous administrations had failed" on spending cuts.
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By Alex Holt • January 20, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a campaign blog entry during the GOP gubernatorial debate:
"The Trans-Texas Corridor is dead."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 18, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2010 an interview with Glenn Beck:
"Close to half of the folks in this country illegally entered legally (but) overstayed (their ) visas."
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By Aaron Sharockman • January 18, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on January 17, 2010 on ABC's This Week:
Obama's job approval rating is up.
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By Catharine Richert • January 18, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on January 15, 2010 an op-ed in the Washington Post.:
When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.
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By Catharine Richert • January 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 29, 2009 press release:
"More than 1,000 people ... move to Texas every day."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 13, 2010
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 15, 2009 in a press release:
"Illegal immigrants currently occupy 8 million jobs."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 12, 2010
Marc Katz
Marc Katz
stated on December 8, 2009 a message on Twitter:
"Texas is LAST (50th) in spending for mental health care."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 12, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on January 8, 2010 a message on Twitter:
"Why is January 8th an important date in American history? This day in 1835 is the only day in our history when we have not been in debt."
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By Aaron Sharockman • January 12, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on December 16, 2009 a 'Wall Street Journal' column:
President Obama has "the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2009
Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson
stated on December 1, 2009 a Washington Post column:
The "post-Soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that Europe is able to claim."
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By Catharine Richert • December 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 1, 2009 a speech at the United States Military Academy.:
"In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 3, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
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By Robert Farley • November 30, 2009
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
stated on November 19, 2009 a newsletter:
Recovery.gov listed congressional districts that "do not exist."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 24, 2009
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on November 19, 2009 an interview with Politico:
If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 20, 2009
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2009 a press release:
The GOP health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition." 
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By Robert Farley • November 5, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on October 27, 2009 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann':
Sen. Joe Lieberman's "home state has a public option which covers about 10,000 of its citizens that was introduced by its Republican governor."
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By Catharine Richert • November 2, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 17, 2009 a note on Facebook:
The proposed excise tax on "Cadillac" health plans will hit "those making less than $200,000" the hardest.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 21, 2009
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on October 15, 2009 on his television show:
U.S. taxpayers paid $71,500 per job created by the stimulus bill.
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By Catharine Richert • October 19, 2009
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on October 9, 2009 an e-mail to reporters:
"Only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore."
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By Ian Jannetta • October 16, 2009
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