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Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate

Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.

By Molly Moorhead • October 5, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 18, 2012 a campaign ad

Says Romney tax plan "could take away middle-class deductions for child care, mortgages and college tuition."

By Jon Greenberg • September 24, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 8, 2012 a speech in Seminole, Fla.

"We've doubled our use of renewable energy."

By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2012 a radio ad

"In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher."

By Katie Sanders • August 22, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a fundraising email

Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent."

By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a campaign ad

Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 a campaign ad

"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."

By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website

Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."

By Becky Bowers • May 24, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled"

Because of the new health care law, "17 million kids can no longer be denied for a pre-existing condition."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on December 6, 2011 a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.

"Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall in New Hampshire

Said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2011 a press conference

"The clear majority of Republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso

"The (border) fence is now basically complete."

May 16, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2011 a press conference

If there’s a government shutdown, "people don’t get their Social Security checks."

By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 his State of the Union address

"Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse."

January 31, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2010 a speech on Labor Day

John Boehner said the jobs of "teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters" are "'government jobs' that weren't worth saving."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on August 16, 2010 a speech at a campaign fund-raiser for Tom Barrett's gubernatorial campaign

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "has held the line on property taxes."

September 3, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on August 18, 2010 a response to a question during an appearance in Columbus, Ohio.

Republicans "don't think it's a good idea" to make the child care tax credit "stronger."

By Lukas Pleva • August 27, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on August 14, 2010 his weekly address

"Some Republican leaders in Congress" are "pushing to make privatizing Social Security a key part of their legislative agenda if they win a majority in Congress this fall."

August 18, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2010 an interview on CBS

The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.

February 13, 2010

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