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Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 20, 2015 in a statement:
Says David Jolly refused "to cut spending for a national greenhouse in D.C."
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By Joshua Gillin • July 27, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 16, 2015 in a speech in Iowa:
"One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2015
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 18, 2015 in the 2016 Budget Resolution from House Budget Committee:
Under current conditions, by 2023, the interest payments on the national debt will be $722 billion, larger than the projected defense spending of $696 billion.
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By April Hunt • March 27, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 in a speech:
Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."  
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By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2015
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 26, 2015 in oped commentary:
The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 18, 2015
Doug Muder
Doug Muder
stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog:
Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC."  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 27, 2014
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on September 7, 2014 in an interview for "Inside Texas Politics" on WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas:
My office sends federal "money back every year."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 14, 2014
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on September 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted to keep the shutdown going."
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By Joshua Gillin • October 1, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2014 in a speech in Milwaukee:
"We cut our deficits by more than half."
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 5, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 in a speech in Iowa:
"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on May 29, 2014 in an email blast:
Rick Perry doesn’t think there should be a federal minimum wage.
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on March 26, 2014 in a committee hearing:
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on January 16, 2014 in a web ad.:
Mark Warner voted for "nearly $1 trillion in new taxes and $7 trillion in new debt."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 10, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 19, 2013 in an interview:
Members of the military don’t "contribute toward their pension."
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By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2014
Peter Orszag
Peter Orszag
stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the previous year."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute:
"I did not support the sequester."
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By Amy Sherman • November 26, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on November 12, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
The United States "has never been richer, if you look at per capita GDP."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 18, 2013
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 11, 2013 in as quoted in a newspaper article:
A congressional laundry closed due to the partial government shutdown.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 14, 2013
Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross
stated on October 7, 2013 in an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times:
"For the first time since the Korean War, total federal spending has gone down for two years in a row."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2013
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on October 2, 2013 in an interview on CNN:
There is "a constitutional issue" that affects "the paychecks of members of Congress" during a shutdown.
True
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013
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