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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 25, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule."
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By Stephen Koff • July 27, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on May 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
The average person "will pay $6,000 more a year" under Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal.
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By Sabrina Eaton • June 13, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on May 20, 2011 an interview.
For more than 30 years after World War II, there was a steady reduction in U.S. debt as a percentage of gross domestic product.
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By Sean Gorman • May 25, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on May 5, 2011 a statement.
Failure to raise the debt limit does not force a U.S. default on debt payments.
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By Wes Hester • May 16, 2011
David Stockman
David Stockman
stated on May 1, 2011 an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour'
Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 4, 2011
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 26, 2011 an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.
"China now owns $1.1 trillion of our debt, our trade deficit last year with them was a quarter of a trillion dollars."
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By Wes Hester • May 3, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 13, 2011 a radio interview
The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."
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By Tom Feran • April 29, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 14, 2011 a press release.
"Each day our nation pays communist China $73.9 million in interest on our debt."
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By Jacob Geiger • April 26, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 17, 2011 a TV appearance.
"Right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our GDP [is] being spent on the federal government. But our revenues are at an almost all-time low of about 15 percent [of GDP]."
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By Jacob Geiger • April 22, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on April 12, 2011 a blog post.
George Allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the No Child Left Behind Act while he was a senator.
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By Jacob Geiger • April 15, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 11, 2011 a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
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By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 12, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on February 17, 2011 a House committee hearing
Says none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse."
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By Tom Feran • March 28, 2011
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on February 18, 2011 an e-mail blast
"If you printed a $1 bill for the entirety of the $14.1 trillion national debt, the resulting pile of money would weigh more than 136 aircraft carriers."
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February 25, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 24, 2011
"One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending."
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By Tom Feran • February 18, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 14, 2011 an interview on Fox Business News
The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2011
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on February 14, 2011 a press release.
The United states is "borrowing more than 40 cents of every dollar we spend."
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By Jacob Geiger • February 17, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on January 25, 2011 a TV interview.
The U.S. loses more on tax breaks than it collects in personal income taxes. 
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By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2011
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
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By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 5, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
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By Stephen Koff • January 10, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 6, 2010 a floor speech.
The national debt grew an estimated $15 billion last weekend.
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By Wes Hester • December 9, 2010
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