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Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on April 8, 2009 in an episode of his TV program.:
"President Obama is actually increasing Bush-era defense spending by $21 billion in the new fiscal year."
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By Robert Farley • April 13, 2009
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
stated on March 24, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor:
The Employee Free Choice Act mandates the "elimination of the secret ballot."
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By Alexander Lane • March 27, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2009 in in a news conference.:
His proposed budget would "cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term."
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By Robert Farley • March 25, 2009
Judd Gregg
Judd Gregg
stated on March 25, 2009 in in a Fox News interview.:
Obama's proposed budget "doubles the debt in five years, triples it in 10 years."
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By Robert Farley • March 25, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 19, 2009 in remaks made at an electric car testing center:
"The 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than a typical SUV sold in 2008."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2009
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on March 17, 2009 in an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"We had bipartisan legislation that got through the Senate" that would have prevented bonuses like AIG's "and then somehow mysteriously disappeared."
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By Alexander Lane • March 18, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 23, 2009 in a White House forum on fiscal responsibility.:
A new presidential helicopter "is now going to cost as much as Air Force One."
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By Bill Adair • February 27, 2009
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on February 22, 2009 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":
Louisiana is turning down $100 million "that would require us to change our unemployment law, that would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 24, 2009
Fidelis
Fidelis
stated on February 3, 2009 in a news release:
"Obama taps porn lawyer for #2 at Justice."
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By Robert Farley • February 6, 2009
Fred Smith
Fred Smith
stated on February 5, 2009 in appearance on ABC's This Week:
"The average bonus [on Wall Street] is about $100,000...The bonuses on Wall Street are down 44 percent."
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By Alexander Lane • February 6, 2009
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 28, 2009 in a news release:
"The House Democrats' so-called 'stimulus' has been stuffed with an astonishing $335 million to fund prevention programs of sexually transmitted diseases."
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By Robert Farley • January 29, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2009 in in a meeting with business leaders:
"In Chicago, school is never canceled" because of winter weather.
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By Robert Farley • January 28, 2009
John Mica
John Mica
stated on January 28, 2009 in a comment quoted in the Washington Post.:
Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges.
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By Bill Adair • January 28, 2009
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 18, 2009 in a news interview:
"We've added, in the last eight years, $4 trillion of debt to the nation's obligations."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2009
James Inhofe
James Inhofe
stated on December 15, 2008 in in a news release:
Energy nominee Steven Chu has called coal "his worst nightmare."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 14, 2009 in statement to reporters:
Geithner's failure to pay self-employment taxes while working for the IMF "is a mistake that is commonly made for people who are working internationally or for international institutions."
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By Robert Farley • January 16, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 4, 2009 in in a news interview:
If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 5, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 19, 2008 in a TV interview:
"The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."
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By Alexander Lane • December 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 28, 2008 in Hershey, Pa. :
Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 20, 2008 in a TV ad:
"In April, Sen. McCain came out against helping women earn equal pay for equal work."
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By Robert Farley • October 29, 2008
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