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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 22, 2010 in a fundraising E-mail.
"The path to ObamaCare becoming law all started with Charlie Crist supporting President Obama's $787 billion stimulus."
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 7, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 3, 2010 a comment on Newsweek magazine's Web site
"I never considered myself a maverick."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2010
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on March 11, 2010 an e-mail blast
"An audit of the last census found that over 370,000 people living in Texas were not counted, and our state lost an estimated $1 billion in federal funds as a result."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 6, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 2, 2010 a column
"The number of uninsured people in Massachusetts is about the same as it was when the mandates were passed in 2006."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 5, 2010
John Carter
John Carter
stated on March 21, 2010 a press release
"The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…"
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on March 19, 2010 a news release
The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."
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By Bill Adair • March 19, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on March 14, 2010 a radio interview
"The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse."
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By Robert Farley • March 18, 2010
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 9, 2010 his talk show
People "can't go fishing anymore because of Obama."
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By Catharine Richert • March 17, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web post
My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2010
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on March 16, 2010 a TV ad
"A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases."
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By Robert Farley • March 16, 2010
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
stated on March 9, 2010 a speech on the House floor
"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter
"Bill White ... supports the ‘ObamaCare’ socialized medicine plan, as well as ‘Cap and Trade’ legislation that would kill thousands of Texas jobs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
stated on March 10, 2010 an episode of Fox & Friends
Says the Texas State Board of Education is considering eliminating references to Christmas and the Constitution in textbooks.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 3, 2010 a press release
"Congressman McCollum voted to dismantle Social Security."
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By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2010
Charles Rangel
Charles Rangel
stated on February 26, 2010 a press conference
"I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me."
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By Robert Farley • February 26, 2010
C.W. Bill Young
C.W. Bill Young
stated on February 20, 2010 a speech to Pinellas County Republicans.
The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of our health programs."
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By Bill Adair • February 25, 2010
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on February 4, 2010 a press conference
The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on January 26, 2010 a Dallas press conference
Bill White "is discriminating. He's taking jobs from African Americans and giving them to his friends."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 4, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on January 22, 2010 an e-mail.
"Bill White has presided over the construction of what may be the world's largest abortion clinic."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2010
Nancy Pfotenhauer
Nancy Pfotenhauer
stated on January 27, 2010 an interview on CNN
The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010
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