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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
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2009 a posting on the conservative Web site TownHall.com
The Baucus health care bill would require taxes on medical devices such as X-ray machines, female condoms, HIV tests and surgical needles.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story"
During the Reagan era, while productivity increased, "wages for working people remained frozen."  
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By Robert Farley • October 7, 2009
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on October 4, 2009 appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Forty percent of gross domestic product "is state, local, or federal money."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story"
During the Reagan era, "the richest Americans had their top income tax rate cut in half."
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By Robert Farley • October 6, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 in his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story"
In the 1950s,  "A lot of people got rich — and they had to pay a top tax rate of 90 percent."
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By Robert Farley • October 2, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 29, 2009 a news conference in Washington, D.C.
"The richest 1 percent have more financial wealth than the bottom 95 percent combined."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2009
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 23, 2009 a speech to investors in Hong Kong
"The Defense Department received only one-half of 1 percent of the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus package funding."
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By Ian Jannetta • September 29, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 22, 2009 his Fox News program
"Our own National Security Agency says that (Iran's) nuclear ambitions are advancing, and at the same time ... we are slashing our own nuclear arsenal."
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By Robert Farley • September 23, 2009
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on September 14, 2009 a fundraising letter
"Medicare began as a public option and now holds 97 percent of the market share."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 16, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 15, 2009 a floor speech
The House of Representatives has never passed a resolution of disapproval to condemn a member's behavior.
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By Catharine Richert • September 16, 2009
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