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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-09-06 a speech on Labor Day:
John Boehner wants to reopen a tax loophole "that actually rewarded corporations for shipping jobs and profits overseas."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2010
Citizens for a Progressive Wisconsin
Citizens for a Progressive Wisconsin
stated on 2010-09-10 campaign literature distributed by an outside group:
"While many of his colleagues turned down a $2,500 pay raise ... (Jeff) Plale pocketed the extra money."
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By James B. Nelson • September 13, 2010
David Porter
David Porter
stated on 2010-07-28 a press release.:
Jeff Weems' "legal record is one of defending BP, Enron and just about every big oil company against the working man."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on 2010-09-01 a statement:
Due to the war in Iraq, "4,400 Americans are dead, 30,000 severely wounded and more than 100,000 are suffering from serious health problems related to post traumatic stress syndrome."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • September 11, 2010
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on 2010-09-08 a column:
"There have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by ... Muslims in Obama's first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush after he invaded Iraq."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2010
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on 2010-09-02 a television commercial:
Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on 2010-06-23 a campaign ad:
"I can put 10,000 people to work. Electricians, plumbers, sheet metal workers -- by retrofitting all of the state buildings for energy independence or efficiency."
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By Eric Stirgus • September 10, 2010
Florida Hometown Democracy
Florida Hometown Democracy
stated on 2010-09-09 a web ad supporting Amendment 4.:
"For every dollar a county gets in taxes from new development, it costs us 40 to 50 percent more to provide services."
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By Aaron Sharockman • September 9, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on 2010-09-07 a campaign commercial:
"On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2010
Emil Runge
Emil Runge
stated on 2010-09-03 a statement:
By releasing only basic tax information, former U.S. Congressman Nathan Deal is "hiding more than he's disclosed" about his business dealing with the state.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 8, 2010
Stephen Kretzmann
Stephen Kretzmann
stated on 2010-08-17 a website:
Georgia's U.S. senators voted for legislation that would "gut clean air protections and increase oil dependence."
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By Eric Stirgus • September 7, 2010
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on 2010-07-19 an e-mail:
Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 4, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on 2010-09-02 a press conference.:
Jennifer Carroll's an "outsider."
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By Aaron Sharockman • September 3, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on 2009-10-10 a speech at a tea party rally in Oshkosh:
"Both the state and federal governments make more per gallon in gas taxes than the oil companies make themselves for doing all the work."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on 2010-08-27 a campaign website:
"Charlie Crist has six different positions on ObamaCare."  
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By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2010
Michael Bennet
Michael Bennet
stated on 2010-08-25 a campaign ad:
"Buck wants to privatize Social Security."  
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By Lukas Pleva • September 2, 2010
Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten
stated on 2010-08-29 ABC's "This Week":
"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country."  
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By Robert Farley • September 2, 2010
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
stated on 2010-08-29 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
McDonald's in England only sells organic milk and free-range eggs, which provides more nutritious offerings than in the U.S.
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By Robert Farley • August 31, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on 2010-08-25 an editorial board meeting with the Austin American-Statesman:
"We spend more money on health care per capita in the United States than any other country in the world. Of the 30 developed countries in the world, we spend 2 1/2 times more than the average. Of the country that spends the second most per capita, Switzerland, we spend 175 percent more."
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August 31, 2010
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on 2010-08-26 his campaign website:
"1 in 4 Rhode Islanders under the age of 65 does not have health insurance."  
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By Cynthia Needham • August 31, 2010
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