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Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on November 19, 2009 in an interview with Politico:
If you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 20, 2009
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2009 in 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 in '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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story":
During the Reagan era, "the richest Americans had their top income tax rate cut in half."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • October 6, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 2, 2009 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Paul Hipp
Paul Hipp
stated on September 9, 2009 in a YouTube video:
The U.S. ranks 37th in the world for health care.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2009
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
stated on August 31, 2009 in an interview on MSNBC:
"We waterboard, incidentally, hundreds of our own military personnel. They waterboard themselves in training to toughen themselves up."
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By Robert Farley • September 4, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting:
"Nearly 46 million Americans don't have health insurance coverage today."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 18, 2009
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on August 13, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
Obama's plan for health care reform "ends exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009
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