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Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2014 social media postings

"Newly Elected Republican Senators Sign Pledge to Eliminate Food Stamp Program in 2015."

By Louis Jacobson • January 6, 2015

Bill Cassidy
stated on September 19, 2014 a campaign ad

Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.

By Steve Contorno • September 25, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on August 4, 2014 comments to reporters

"I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."

By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2014

Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014 a chain email

President Barack Obama "is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense."

By Molly O'Connor • June 18, 2014

Richard Durbin
stated on February 23, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"

Under current policies, "we're going to reduce the overall debt of the United States by $3 trillion over the next 10 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014

Ron Johnson
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech

"The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent."

January 20, 2014

Chain email
stated on October 15, 2013 an email and social media posts

Congressional lawmakers earn their salaries "FOR LIFE," which for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would add up to "$803,700 Dollars a year for LIFE including FREE medical."

By Becky Bowers • October 17, 2013

Michele Bachmann
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at the conservative CPAC conference

Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor."

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2013

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on March 4, 2013 an online ad

Says "Kurt Schrader supports Obama’s sequester … but won’t cut $1.6 million to fund new video games."

By Janie Har • March 10, 2013

John Boehner
stated on March 3, 2013 an interview on "Meet the Press."

"There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester."

By Molly Moorhead • March 4, 2013

Eric Cantor
stated on February 19, 2013 a news release.

"The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."

By Sean Gorman • February 22, 2013

Rob Zerban
stated on October 4, 2012 a TV ad

Says Paul Ryan’s budget plan "ends Medicare."

October 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 8, 2012 a campaign event outside Speaker John Boehner press conference in Derry, NH

Says Mitt Romney plans to "fire" Big Bird.

By Maryalice Gill • October 9, 2012

Wayne Powell
stated on October 1, 2012 a debate.

Says Eric Cantor voted to assure Congress would be paid if the government shut down and against guaranteeing troops would be paid.

By Nancy Madsen • October 4, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 remarks in Atlanta

"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."

By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a television ad

Sherrod Brown "sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries."

By Tom Feran • August 13, 2012

Chain email
stated on July 12, 2012 a message via the Internet

Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to "$120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2012

Jeff Fitzgerald
stated on June 28, 2012 a tweet

Says "Obamacare" is "the largest middle-class tax increase in history."

July 23, 2012

Paul Ryan
stated on April 10, 2012 a congressional Web page

President Barack Obama "has doubled the size of government since he took office."

By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on January 11, 2012 comment to reporters.

Rick Santorum says Rick Perry requested 1,200 earmarks as governor of Texas.

By Katie Glueck • January 20, 2012

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