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Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on October 25, 2010 in a TV ad:
Sen. Harry Reid voted "against declaring English our national language, twice."
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By Robert Farley • October 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart":
"Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect."
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By Martha M. Hamilton • October 28, 2010
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 21, 2010 in a TV ad:
As CEO of WWE, Linda McMahon "was caught tipping off a ringside physician" about a federal investigation into illegally distributing steroids to wrestlers.
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By Robert Farley • October 27, 2010
Michael Bennet
Michael Bennet
stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign ad:
Ken Buck wants to "outlaw abortion, even in cases of rape or incest."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 18, 2010
Chris Coons
Chris Coons
stated on October 13, 2010 in a televised debate, disputing a claim by Republican Christine O'Donnell:
New Castle County's unemployment rate has not almost doubled in the last two years.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2010
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 8, 2010 in a campaign ad:
John Raese's wife "is registered to vote in Florida so she can't even vote for him."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 14, 2010
Citizens for the Republic
Citizens for the Republic
stated on September 21, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 in a town hall meeting:
"There's a big chunk of the country that thinks that I have been too soft on Wall Street."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 22, 2010
John Dennis
John Dennis
stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco. 
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By Robert Farley • September 15, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on August 23, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on August 25, 2010 in comments on his TV show:
"The federal government is now on track" for the second-largest budget deficit "in 65 years."
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By Lukas Pleva • August 30, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 24, 2010 in a speech:
"There is already a mosque four blocks away."
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By Robert Farley • August 26, 2010
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
stated on August 10, 2010 in a press release.:
"U.S. taxpayers are being forced to fund Feisal Abdul Rauf’s trip to the Middle East."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2010
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
stated on August 10, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.:
"In 1935, more than 50% of the elderly population lived in poverty. Today that poverty rate stands officially at 9.4%."  
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By Lukas Pleva • August 17, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 2, 2010 in "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse."
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By Alex Holt • August 12, 2010
Gen. Peter Chiarelli
Gen. Peter Chiarelli
stated on August 8, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":
About 106,000 soldiers had "a prescription of three weeks or more" for pain, depression or anxiety medication.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 10, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on August 1, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week":
During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week":
Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate."
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By Lukas Pleva • July 29, 2010
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2010
Timothy Geithner
Timothy Geithner
stated on July 25, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
"We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector."
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By Lukas Pleva • July 27, 2010
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