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Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on August 7, 2014 a roundtable discussion with senior citizens
"Social Security has never contributed one cent to the deficit. Not one cent."
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By Dana Tims • September 8, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 18, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst "would privatize Social Security."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2014
Martha Robertson
Martha Robertson
stated on August 12, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., "voted to raise the Social Security retirement age on us."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2014
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Chained CPI would save $1 trillion in the second decade off the federal budget debt," a report shows.
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By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2014
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on April 11, 2013 House of Representatives floor speech
"The Social Security trust fund is sound. Without anything being done, it would function well into 2038; and even after that time with no changes, we could pay 80 percent of the benefits that people have earned."
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By Sabrina Eaton • May 15, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 30, 2012 in a tweet
"Report that #GOP insisting on changes to Social Security as part of #fiscalcliff false. BTW those changes are supported by @barackobama."
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By Amy Sherman • January 4, 2013
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 a speech
Says Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan support "massive cuts in Social Security for future generations."
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 a radio ad
Says Paul Ryan "tried to change the whole game" for Social Security
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By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on April 23, 2012 a speech
Each U.S. House member who voted to overhaul Social Security in 1983 was re-elected.
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By Eric Stirgus • May 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
"When I was born, less than 10 percent of the federal budget was entitlement spending. It's now 60 percent of the budget."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Washington, D.C.
In Chile "they have 72 percent of the GDP in savings."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 4, 2011
"Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037."
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By Willoughby Mariano • October 14, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
"Today, when people retire in Galveston County, Texas, they retire making at least 50 percent more than they would ever get out of Social Security."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on August 25, 2011 MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011
"In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty."
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By Becky Bowers • September 1, 2011
Margaret Carlson
Margaret Carlson
stated on August 9, 2011 a politics column.
Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2011 an interview with CBS News
Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on June 13, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
Says an alternative to Social Security that operates in Galveston County, Texas, has meant that participants will "retire with a whole lot more money" than under Social Security.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2011
Amy Kremer
Amy Kremer
stated on May 17, 2011 an interview on "The Colbert Report"
"We bring in enough tax revenue to service our debt, pay for Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, and then still have about $300 (billion) or $400 billion left over."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2011 comments to employees at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Says Florida's pension plan faces the same long-term funding problems as Social Security.
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 25, 2011
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak
stated on October 11, 2010 a campaign commercial
Pat Toomey "still supports privatizing Social Security."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2010
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